Sofiia Synytska In the modern-day world, it’s important to know who we are. First of all the confidence, it brings in ourselves and the values we realize of ourselves and society. But what language has to do with our identities? Well, we often seek our identities in questions like what …
Nela Kolčáková The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary Lexicography is a part of linguistics which many people may not know by name, but they have surely had ample contact with the focus of lexicography’s studies: dictionaries. It has its theoretical aspects, but also its practical aspects. One of the practical …
Lucie Skrčená Resumé When writing a fantasy story, a writer must build up a new world. Such a writer usually wants to come up with something original and develop their own vocabulary. It is a vast land where one can get endless inspiration. Keywords: blend, archaism, Harry Potter, Cambridge and Oxford dictionaries, etymology Introduction If …
Lucie Skrčená Resumé Tolkien’s genius is hard to squeeze into one article. Apart from his profession, philologist, he is a famous author of fantasy books and tales, by which he showed himself to be a great inventor, illustrator and story-teller. The following article will introduce the background and the main features …