Process konstituirovanija sovremennoj povsednevnoj reči

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Title in English The process of constituting the present-day common spoken language
Authors

KRČMOVÁ Marie

Year of publication 2006
Type Chapter of a book
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Description The general model of Czech language introduced and developed by Czech linguistics during the 20th century is stratified as well as arranged in a hierarchy. The space between standard language and dialects is filled with a language variety that is neither dialect, nor standard (spisovný) language; this applies to the colloquial form of standard language as well. This variety is referred to as an interdialect in various descriptions of language. There are actually several interdialects; their description is nevertheless difficult. With the exception of Common Czech, which is fairly levelled out, it is possible to observe interdialectal tendencies only, because this is a variety constantly changing to fulfil the needs of a successful communication from both referential and pragmatic viewpoints. However, to be fully levelled out is not suitable for another important function of language, as a means defining and linking a group of communicants. That is why regional features (including those belonging to dialects) are still used, not only in private communication, but in a stylized form also in some texts of public character.
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