Minor languages in today's EuropeČermák, František (Avtor) Czech languagesociolingusticsminor languageslanguage policylanguage corpusIn its first part, the contribution surveys the language situation in European countries and some of the problems connected to it. As part of the analysis of factors contributing to the various situations, some sociological and political factors are taken up; a quantitative classification of minor languages is added. Against this background the Czech language situation is briefly sketched and some desiderata for a new language policy suggested. It is argued that no future development of a language and language policy, based on a sound and convincing basis, is possible without a large language corpus and its analysis. Finally, the Czech solution to this problem is described, its culmination being the Czech National Corpus project.20032024-12-03 14:34:23Neznano165347sl