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Ezik i pravopis na češkite nadgrobni nadpisi v Srăbski Banat

Title in English The Language and Orthography of Czech Gravestone Inscriptions in the Serbian Banat
Authors

TESAŘ Šimon

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Slavjanski dialozi
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Web https://dialozi.uni-plovdiv.bg/?p=14402
Keywords tombstone inscription; Czech minority; Banat; Czechs in Banat
Description The paper focuses on unusual written documents – Czech tombstone inscriptions in Catholic cemeteries in Bela Crkva, Češko Selo and Kruščica. These cemeteries among of the few public spaces where written Czech is actively used on a large scale. The paper examines the influence of Serbian orthography on the written form of the Czech language. Features of non-literary Czech and changes caused by contact with Serbian are also described. The material for the analysis was collected during a field research and on its basis a database was created with a total of 334 tombstones. Long-term isolation, limited teaching of Czech and permanent contact with Serbian have disrupted Czech spelling customs. The result shows a variety of graphic realizations that mix phonetic and etymological spelling.
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