| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 369 pages) |
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Language, power and social process ; 17 |
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Language, power, and social process ; 17.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Orthographic reform and language planning -- Chapter 2 Standard Czech in its social and linguistic setting -- Chapter 3 Spelling reform in Czech, 14001900 -- Chapter 4 Spelling reform in Czech, 19001980 -- Chapter 5 Czech orthographic reform, 19801994 -- Chapter 6 The actors in spelling reform: Issues and debates -- Chapter 7 Debating linguistics, authority, and legitimacy -- Chapter 8 Metaphors and the conceptualization of language -- Chapter 9 Conclusions -- Backmatter |
| Summary |
How does a country find itself 'at war' over spelling? This book focuses on a crucial juncture in the post-communist history of the Czech Republic, when an orthographic commission with a moderate reformist agenda found itself the focus of enormous public |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Czech language -- Orthography and spelling -- History
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Czech language -- Reform -- History
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Language planning -- Czech Republic
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Czech.
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Czech language -- Orthography and spelling
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Language planning
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Czech Republic
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006029042 |
| ISBN |
3110197669 |
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9783110197662 |
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1282194038 |
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9781282194038 |
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9786612194030 |
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6612194030 |
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3119166405 |
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9783119166409 |
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