Original scientific paper

Approximation of Exonyms in the Croatian Language

Marko Kovačić

Abstract

Tackling the huge subject of the adaptation of exonyms, this article narrows it down
to Croatian as the recipient language and illustrates some of the problems encountered in
such adaptation, as well as some possible and some existing solutions. Approximation is a
common consequence of adaptation and often a strategy for its implementation. Speakers
resort to free transphonemisation when the source language and mediators describe place
names using phonemes inexistent in the recipient language. Solutions are often imposed by
the media as a result of hasty decisions and incompetence. Such solutions are often wrong
from the aspect of both source and recipient and must be met with scientific alternatives
that take into account phonology, morphology and etymology of the source language.

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Hrčak ID:

190950

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/190950

Publication date:

1.4.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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