Ročník XII/2 | Strán: 61 | ISSN print 1338-6743 | ISSN online 2989-333X 

Evidenčné číslo: EV 5817/19

 

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

 

LANGUAGE, CULTURE, COMMUNICATION

ZDENKO DOBRÍK – THE LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE OF ERLANGEN WITH THE EMPHASIS ON STREET NAMES AND OTHER PUBLIC SPACES FROM THE DIACHRONIC-SYNCHRONIC PERSPECTIVE AND IN COMPARISON

Abstract: In most scholarly and specialised texts, linguistic landscape is described and interpreted from a synchronic point of view with the emphasis on the present. However, linguistic landscape can also be viewed from diachronic and diachronic-synchronic perspectives. The names of public spaces are also part of the linguistic landscape. This study is focused on the selected former and current street names of Erlangen, Bavaria and presents their comparison with the selected street names in Banská Bystrica. The aim of the presented comparison is to point out similarities and differences in the street naming processes as well as in the street names of these cities. The analysis of the presented phenomena drew on social constructivism.

Keywords: linguistic landscape, street names, Erlangen, Banska Bystrica, diachronic-synchronic perspectives, comparison.

pp. 9 – 17

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NINA MOCKOVÁ – SLOVAK IDIOMS WITH TOPONYMIC ELEMENTS IN THEIR STRUCTURE

Abstract: The present paper focuses on idioms with a toponymic lexeme in their structure intending to explain the historical origin of such idioms and their place in Slovak phraseology. From the chronological point of view, these idioms contain toponymic elements from the ancient, medieval and modern periods. Toponyms from the period of antiquity most often refer to events from the Bible or the history of ancient Greece. Toponyms from the medieval period reflect the socio-political events of Europe from the 11th to the 16th century. Finally, toponyms referring to the modern era have their origin in the Hungarian-Turkish wars. The paper also examines the accuracy of the given phraseological units in the contemporary Slovak language with the help of two electronic corpora: the Slovak National Corpus and the Aranea corpus.

Keywords: phraseology, idiom, history, toponym, Slovak language, Antiquity, Middle Age, Modern Age, Europe, corpus.

pp. 18 – 28

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ZELMÍRA PAVLIKOVÁ – ORIENTATIONAL METAPHORS IN SPANISH ECONOMIC TERMINOLOGY AND THEIR SLOVAK EQUIVALENTS

Abstract: This article will analyse the orientational metaphors obtained from a corpus of selected metaphors from the newspapers El Economista and Alternativas económicas between 2021 and 2022. The aim of the study is to analyse metaphorical terms related to spatial orientation and to see which source domains are the most frequent. In addition to characterising, grouping and classifying metaphorical orientation terms, we aim to determine the degree of figurative meaning of the Slovak equivalents. On the basis of semantic analysis, we have classified the different metaphorical terms into groups according to the source domain: inside/outside, background/surface, high/low, and central/peripheral.

Keywords: metaphor, orientational metaphor, economics, term, economic terminology.

pp. 29 – 38

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JARMILA RUSIŇÁKOVÁ – ACADEMIC  E-PORTFOLIO

Abstract: The aim of the article is to explore the concept of e-learning and e-Portfolio as a relatively new instrument of schooling with its advantages and possible disadvantages. In particular, the author tries to attract the attention to the role and importance of academic portfolios. The portfolio serves as a means of monitoring students` authentic learning, guiding the student to reflect on his/her own work and giving him/her the opportunity to decide on the quality of the work done. The KEGA project “e-Portfolio as Pedagogy Facilitating Integrative Learning“ (012EU–4/ 2023) carried out at the University of Economics, Faculty of Applied Languages, Bratislava and the Trnava University, Faculty of Education, Trnava, is presented in the second part of the article.  

Keywords: assessment, authentic learning, e-portfólio, feedback, higher education, monitoring.

pp. 39 – 45

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DIDACTICS AND METHODOLOGY OF TEACHING AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES

JOZEF BRUK – A CORPUS-BASED RESEARCH INTO COGNITIVE-SEMANTIC FEATURES IN ESP COURSE BOOK SECURITY PERSONNEL

Abstract: Assuming preparation of teaching materials for English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses requires analysis of existing being proven as examples of good practice for both teachers and learners, there arises the need to scrutinize such a lingua-didactic material used at UNIZA (University of Žilina) from a linguistic viewpoint. Therefore, the article examines the course book’s Security Personnel texts. Specifically, the research addresses the cognitive semantics viewpoint, notably, Fillmore’s frame theory. Accordingly, the analysis shall outline some features of the course book based on its semantic interpretation of selected examples. A kind of empirically driven research supplements brief corpus analysis.

Keywords: English for Specific Purposes, Corpus, Cognitive Semantics, Cognitive Frames, Security Frame, Idiosyncrasy of technical language.

pp. 53 – 61

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