AUC Philologica (Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica) is an academic journal published by Charles University. It publishes scholarly articles in a large number of disciplines (English, German, Greek and Latin, Oriental, Romance and Slavonic studies, as well as in phonetics and translation studies), both on linguistic and on literary and cultural topics. Apart from articles it publishes reviews of new academic books or special issues of academic journals.
The journal is indexed in CEEOL, DOAJ, EBSCO, and ERIH PLUS.
AUC PHILOLOGICA, Vol 2014 No 3 (2014), 71–81
Demokratizace spisovné češtiny a ideologie jazykové kultury po roce 1948
[The Democratization of Standard Czech and the Ideology of Language Culture after 1948]
Jan Chromý
published online: 17. 03. 2015
abstract
This paper is concerned with the so-called democratization of Standard Czech. The usage of this concept by the prominent Czech linguists Bohuslav Havranek and Petr Sgall is analyzed. The analysis is based on the assumption that discussions about language cultivation are in principle ideologically and politically based. It has been found that Havranek’s usage of the concept of democratization of Standard Czech does indeed reflect his basic aims: the maintenance of the Theory of Language Cultivation developed by the Prague Linguistic Circle and continuation of the practice of language cultivation. Sgall’s usage of this concept is determined by his aims, i.e. the gradual identification of Standard and Common Czech. The paper concludes that the usage of the concept of democratization of Standard Czech is politically motivated, i.e. it is one of the means to achieve a change in the society.
keywords: democratization; Standard Czech; Common Czech; Bohuslav Havránek; Petr Sgall; ideology demokratizace; spisovná čeština; obecná čeština; Bohuslav Havránek; Petr Sgall; ideologie
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