Publication details
Dynamika kulturní češtiny 16.–18. století. Čtyři případové studie z roviny hláskosloví
| Title in English | Dynamics of cultural Czech in 16th to 18th century. Four case studies in the Phonetic |
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Monograph |
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| Description | The book Dynamics of cultural Czech in 16th to 18th century is a contribution to the knowledge of Czech phonetics in the 16th to 18th century, focusing on the prothetic v-, the diphthongisation of ú- > ou- at the beginning of a word, the diphthongisation of ý > ej, and the reduction of é > í. In the terms of research material, the book is based on a linguistic analysis of more than a hundred contemporary literary works, originating mainly from domestic printed production. However, manuscript practice and spoken language are also taken into account. The methodology stems from the monograph by J. Porák Humanistická čeština (Humanistic Czech, 1983). In addition to capturing the distribution of the observed phonetic phenomena in individual literary fields (religious, historiographical, applicative technical and linguistically reflective texts), and in individual periods (humanistic, baroque and early resurgence period), the objective of the book was also to identify the factors that condition the application/non-application of variables in particular words and word forms. This helps to create a more plastic image of cultivated Czech language used in printed communication during the 16th to 18th century, and to connect it with the developments leading to contemporary standard Czech. |