Traversing Central Prague from Jan Palach Square to Ukrainian Heroes’ Street: The Symbolic Function of Place Names in a Linguistic Landscape
This paper investigates the phenomenon of renaming public spaces so common in urban history since the second half of the 19th century. The research focuses on instances of spontaneous renaming initiated by the general public rather than those brought about by the local self-government. A number of n...
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Hrvatska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti
2022-01-01
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| description | This paper investigates the phenomenon of renaming public spaces so common in urban history since the second half of the 19th century. The research focuses on instances of spontaneous renaming initiated by the general public rather than those brought about by the local self-government. A number of notable examples of Czech as well as Czechoslovak urbanonyms are provided, covering the period starting from the Second World War until the present. Special emphasis is put on the spontaneous origin of the urbanonym náměstí Jana Palacha (Jan Palach Square) commemorating the student who set himself on fire and burned himself to death in protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. The conclusion addresses, among other things, the topical issue of renaming a range of public spaces in response to the Russian military aggression against Ukraine. In Prague, Ukrajinských hrdinů (Ukrainian Heroes’ [Street]) and Skakunův most (Skakun Bridge) are among the commemorative place names to have appeared recently. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d426020baf954bc188a62179e97b906e2024-04-15T18:06:40ZdeuHrvatska Akademija Znanosti i UmjetnostiFolia Onomastica Croatica1330-06951848-78582022-01-013114515610.21857/y7v64tv8gyTraversing Central Prague from Jan Palach Square to Ukrainian Heroes’ Street: The Symbolic Function of Place Names in a Linguistic LandscapeMartina Ptáčníková0Ústav pro jazyk český Akademie věd České republiky, v. v. i.This paper investigates the phenomenon of renaming public spaces so common in urban history since the second half of the 19th century. The research focuses on instances of spontaneous renaming initiated by the general public rather than those brought about by the local self-government. A number of notable examples of Czech as well as Czechoslovak urbanonyms are provided, covering the period starting from the Second World War until the present. Special emphasis is put on the spontaneous origin of the urbanonym náměstí Jana Palacha (Jan Palach Square) commemorating the student who set himself on fire and burned himself to death in protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. The conclusion addresses, among other things, the topical issue of renaming a range of public spaces in response to the Russian military aggression against Ukraine. In Prague, Ukrajinských hrdinů (Ukrainian Heroes’ [Street]) and Skakunův most (Skakun Bridge) are among the commemorative place names to have appeared recently.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/415499toponymystreet namerenamingurban toponymscommemorative names |
| spellingShingle | Martina Ptáčníková Traversing Central Prague from Jan Palach Square to Ukrainian Heroes’ Street: The Symbolic Function of Place Names in a Linguistic Landscape Folia Onomastica Croatica toponymy street name renaming urban toponyms commemorative names |
| title | Traversing Central Prague from Jan Palach Square to Ukrainian Heroes’ Street: The Symbolic Function of Place Names in a Linguistic Landscape |
| title_full | Traversing Central Prague from Jan Palach Square to Ukrainian Heroes’ Street: The Symbolic Function of Place Names in a Linguistic Landscape |
| title_fullStr | Traversing Central Prague from Jan Palach Square to Ukrainian Heroes’ Street: The Symbolic Function of Place Names in a Linguistic Landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Traversing Central Prague from Jan Palach Square to Ukrainian Heroes’ Street: The Symbolic Function of Place Names in a Linguistic Landscape |
| title_short | Traversing Central Prague from Jan Palach Square to Ukrainian Heroes’ Street: The Symbolic Function of Place Names in a Linguistic Landscape |
| title_sort | traversing central prague from jan palach square to ukrainian heroes street the symbolic function of place names in a linguistic landscape |
| topic | toponymy street name renaming urban toponyms commemorative names |
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