Wojnarová Soňa, Mgr. et Mgr.

Areas of research specialization:

• onomastics, Finnish, Swedish, English, German

Education:

2018–until now – Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague

• D. programme
• specialization: Czech Language
• D. research project: Colour Terms in Czech and Finnish Place Names

2014–2018 Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague

• Master’s programme
• Specialization: Finnish – Scandinavian Studies (main language: Swedish)
• Final diploma thesis: Colour Terms in Finnish Toponyms: Finnish Toponyms Starting Hopea- (‘Silver’) and Kulta- (‘Gold’)

2011–2015 Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague

• Bachelor’s programme
• Specialization: Finnish – Swedish
• Final diploma thesis: Place Names in Tornionlaakso

2006–2009 Faculty of Education, Charles University, Prague

• Continuing Education Distance Learning Program
• Specialization: English in Secondary Education (young adult learners)

2000–2006 Faculty of Education, University of South Bohemia

• Master’s programme
• Specialization: English – German in Lower Secondary Education
• Final diploma thesis: Place-names in the north-west of Scotland

Work experience:

• 2023– Department of Onomastics, Czech Language Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
• 2021–2023 teaching English and German (primary and lower secondary level), ZŠ TRNKA Dobříš
• 2019– editor of Acta onomastica journal
• 2018–2021 Department of Onomastics, Czech Language Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
• 2017–2019 teaching English (primary school), ZŠ TRNKA Dobříš
• 2012– language lecturer
• 2006–2011 teaching English and German (primary and lower secondary level), ZŠ Komenského nám. 35, Dobříš

Stays abroad:

• 01–02/2020 Tampereen Yliopisto (Tampere University / Finland) – teaching Czech language and culture to foreigners
• 08/2019 Helsingin Yliopisto (University of Helsinki/ Finland) – Summer School of Onomastics (ICOS; Methods of onomastics)
• 06–07/2017 Nuorisokeskus Piispala (Youth Center Piispala/ Finland) – internship connected with the studies and supported by Finnish Ministry of Education (OPH)
• 09–10/2016 Helsingin Yliopisto (University of Helsinki/ Finland) – student exchange, focus on diploma material, supported by Finnish Ministry of Education (OPH)
• 08–12/2014 Alkio-opisto (Finland) – student exchange
• 02–06/2002 University of Plymouth, Faculty of Art and Education in Exter (UK) – Erasmus student exchange, study programme: Heritage and National Identity

Publications:

articles in journals:

• Wojnarová, S. (2022): Motivace pojmenování a lidová etymologie v českých a finských toponymech obsahujících barevná označení černá a bílá. Acta onomastica 63/2, pp. 497–520.
• Wojnarová, S. (2019): Comparative research of Czech and Finnish place names: Possible problems related to classification, terminology and other differences. Onoma 54, pp. 39–52.
• Wojnarová, S. (2019): Pomístní jména obsahující apelativa draha a dráha z pohledu (nejen) lidové etymologie. In: V. Gondeková – G. Rožai (eds.) VARIA XXVII. (Zborník príspevkov z XXVII. kolokvia mladých jazykovedcov (Banská Bystrica – Šachtičky 21. 11. –23. 11. 2018), pp. 210–219.
• Wojnarová, S. (2018): Colour Terms ´Gold´ and ´Silver´ in Finnish and Czech Toponyms. Onomastica Uralica 11, pp. 187–198.

reviews and discussions:

• Štěpán, P. – Wojnarová, S. (2021): K otevřenosti dat využívaných v onomastice. (Diskuse). Naše řeč 104/1, pp. 31–33.
• Wojnarová, S. (2021): Terhi Ainiala – Janne Saarikivi (eds.). Personal name systems in Finnic and beyond. (Recenze). Acta onomastica 62/1, pp. 212–222.
• Wojnarová, S. (2020): Rolf Bergmann – Stefanie Stricker (ed.): Namen und Wörter. Theoretische Grenzen – Übergänge im Sprachwandel. (Recenze). Acta onomastica 61/2, pp. 459–462.
• Wojnarová, S. (2019): Toponyma v krajině a možnosti jejich výzkumu. Naše řeč 102/5, pp. 340–344 [ref. V. Lábus – D. Vrbík, Toponyma v krajině a možnosti jejich výzkumu, Liberec 2018]

reports and other contributions in Acta onomastica:

• Wojnarová, S. (2022): XXVII. kongres ICOS v Krakově (22.–27. 8. 2021). Acta onomastica 63/1, pp. 329–331.
• Wojnarová, S. (2021): Podzimní půldenní on-line konference SNSBI (Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland) 17. 10. 2020. Acta onomastica 62/1, pp. 260–263.
• Wojnarová, S. – Zirhutová, M. (2021): 17. kongres skandinávské onomastiky (8.–11. 6. 2021). Acta onomastica 62/2, pp. 502–509.
• Wojnarová, S. (2021): Den onomastiky na Helsinské univerzitě (Nimistötutkimuksen päivä). Celodenní konference 29. 10. 2020. Acta onomastica 62/1, pp. 264–269.
• Wojnarová, S. (2021): Podzimní půldenní on-line konference SPNS (Scottish Place-name Society) 7. 11. 2020. Acta onomastica 62/1, pp. 270–271.
• Wojnarová, S. (2020): Letní škola onomastických studií Helsinky 26.–30. 8. 2019. Acta onomastica 61/1, pp. 248–250.
• Dvořáková, Ž. – Wojnarová, S. (2019): 21. mezinárodní a celopolská konference. Acta onomastica 60/2, pp. 328–329.
• Wojnarová, S. (2019): XXVI. kongres ICOS v Debrecíně. Acta onomastica 60/2, pp. 327–328.
• Wojnarová, S. (2019): Dny onomastiky na Helsinské univerzitě 8.–9. 11. 2018. Acta onomastica 60/2, pp. 330–333.

other:

• entries for the electronic online version of the Dictionary of Non-Settlement Names in Bohemia (Slovník pomístních jmen v Čechách)

Conference participation:

• 04/2025 Česká onomastická konference / 5^th Czech Onomastic Conference (Prague, Czechia)
• 09/2024 Bienále české lingvistiky 20204 / Biennial of Czech Linguistics 2024 (Prague, Czechia)
• 08/2024 ICOS – 28^th International Congress of Onomastic Studies, (Helsinki, Finland)
• 05/2022 IFUSCO – 37^th  International Finno-Ugric Students’ Conference, (Prague, Czechia)
• 08/2021 ICOS – 27^th International Congress of Onomastic Studies (Krakow, Poland), online
• 05/2021 IFUSCO – 36^th International Finno-Ugric Students’ Conference (Riga, Latvia), online
• 04/2021 Syyskoulu – Autumn School of Finnish Studies Abroad (Köln am Rhein, Germany), online
• 04/2019 IFUSCO – 35^th International Finno-Ugric Students’ Conference, (Vienna, Austria)
• 11/2018 XXVII. kolokvium mladých jazykovedcov / 27^th Workshop for Young Linguists (Banská Bystrica, Slovakia)
• 11/2018 Nimistötutkimuksen päivä / Day of Onomastics (University of Helsinki, Finland)
• 10/2018 21^st Polish and International Onomastic Conference (Kazimierz Dolny, Poland)
• 09/2018 Syyskoulu – Autumn School of Finnish Studies Abroad, (Prague, Czechia)
• 05/2018 IFUSCO – 34^th International Finno-Ugric Students’ Conference, (Tartu, Estonia)
• 09/2017 Syyskoulu – Autumn School of Finnish Studies Abroad, (Greifswald, Germany)
• 09/2017 IFUSCO – 33^rd International Finno-Ugric Students’ Conference, (Warsaw, Poland)
• 08/2017 ICOS – 26^th International Congress of Onomastic Studies (Debrecen, Hungary)

Lectures and presentations:

• Research in Toponyms not only in Czech language /Možnosti výzkumu toponym nejen v českém jazykovém prostředí/. Lecture. (Department of Czech Language, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava), 21. 10. 2022
• Naming Motivation and Folk Etymology in Czech Finnish Toponyms Colour Terms BLACK and WHITE. /Motivace pojmenování a lidová etymologie v českých a finských toponymech obsahujících barevná označení ČERNÁ a BÍLÁ/. Lecture. (Kruh přátel českého jazyka, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague). 6. 4. 2022

Projects and grants:

• April 2021 – April 2022 student grant project START (Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague): Interlinking language and material culture – a study of European populations in time and space

Membership in scholarly and specialized societies, committees and institutional bodies:

• 2019 – member of the International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS)

Teaching:

• 10/2023–01/2024 Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague – course Names and naming: An Introduction to Onomastics (taught in English)
• 01/2020–02/2020 Tampere University, Finland – teaching Czech language and culture (to foreigners)