Minor languages in today's Europe : the Czech case

Čermák, František (author)

In 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.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Czech language, sociolingustics, minor languages, language policy, language corpus
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Year: 2003
• Number of pages: Str. 43-49
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-165347
• UDC: 811.162.3'27
• COBISS.SI-ID: 71738722
• Publication date in RUL: 03.12.2024

Record is a part of a monograph

• Title: Slovenski knjižni jezik - aktualna vprašanja in zgodovinske izkušnje : ob 450-letnici izida prve slovenske knjige
• Editors: Ada Vidovič-Muha
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: Center za slovenščino kot drugi/tuji jezik pri Oddelku za slovenistiko Filozofske fakultete
• Year: 2003
• ISBN: 961-237-057-5
• COBISS.SI-ID: 125833984
• Collection title: Obdobja
• Collection numbering: 20
• Collection ISSN: 1408-211X

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Mali jeziki v današnji Evropi

Abstract

Prispevek najprej obravnava jezikovna stanja v evropskih državah in s tem povezane težave. Kot del analize dejavnikov, ki prispevajo k različnim jezikovnim stanjem, so omenjeni nekateri družbeni in politični dejavniki; dodana je tudi kvantitativna razdelitev malih jezikov. Sledi kratek oris češkega jezikovnega stanja; opisane so potrebe po novi jezikovni politiki. Avtor trdi, da brez obsežnega jezikovnega korpusa in analize le-tega ni možen nadaljnji razvoj jezika in jezikovne politike, ki bi temeljil na trdni in prepričljivi osnovi. Na koncu opiše češko rešitev problema, katere vrh so dosegli s projektom Češki nacionalni korpus.

• Keywords: češčina, mali jeziki, sociolingvistika, jezikovna politika, jezikovni korpusi