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Puzzle as a problem for orthoepy

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2019

Abstract

The article focuses on the pronunciation of the loanword puzzle which can be realized through multiple variants in Czech. The research, based on material from public media files, tries to reveal possible connections between the pronunciation, meaning and morphological characteristics of this word.

The main aim is to find out which pronounced variant can be regarded as orthoepic, and, based on the findings, to propose an adjustment to the keyword puzzle in the Czech Internet Language Reference Book.