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1204: 796: 29: 1216: 1129:. The changes in the phonology and the morphology of the literary language ended in the previous period. Only the spoken language continued its development in the country. As a consequence of strong isolation, the differences between dialects were deepened. Especially, the Moravian and Silesian dialects developed divergently from Common Czech. 257:
The spirantisation of Slavic /g/ to /h/ is an areal feature shared by Ukrainian (and some southern Russian dialects), Belarusian, Slovak, Czech, Sorbian (but not Polish) and minority of Slovene dialects. This innovation appears to have travelled from east to west, and is sometimes attributed to
1317:'grammar school'). Social changes after World War II (1945) led to gradual diminishing of differences between dialects. Since the second half of the 20th century, Common Czech elements have also been spreading to regions previously unaffected, as a consequence of the media's influence. 1175:) caused migration of country inhabitants to towns. It enabled the implementation of the ideas of the Czech national awakeners for the renewal of the Czech language. However, the people's language and literary genres of the previous period were strange to the 1379:в славянском языке // Проблемы индоевропейского языкознания. М., 1964, 115—121. Эдельман Д. И. К происхождению ирано-славянских диахронических паралелей // Славянская языковая и этноязыковая системы в контакте с неславянским окружением. М., 2002, 76—77. 926:
The period of the mature literary language from the 16th to the beginning of the 17th century. The orthography in written texts is not still unified, digraphs are used predominantly in various forms. After the invention of book-printing, the so-called
254:), and vice versa. The consonants were divided into hard (b, p, v, m, t, d, r, l, n, c, z, s, k, g, ch) and soft – palatal or palatalized (t’, d’, ř, l’, n’, c’, s’, z’, č, š, ž, j, ň). This division was cardinal for the later development. 1304:
During the 20th century, elements of the spoken language (of Common Czech especially) penetrated literary Czech. The orthography of foreign words was changed to reflect their German pronunciation, especially writing
1117:, who also reigned as king of Bohemia, the use of Czech was discouraged due to its association with Protestantism, and relegated to a spoken peasant tongue. However, puppeteers continued to use Czech for public 1124:
Meanwhile, prestigious literary styles were cultivated by Czech expatriates abroad. The zenith and, simultaneously, the end of the florescence of prestigious literary styles are represented by the works of
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are interchangeable. The vowel length is not usually denoted, doubled letters are used rarely. Obligatory regulations did not exist. This is why the system was not always applied precisely. After 1340, the
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Literary Czech has not been an exclusive matter of the intellectual classes since the 1840s. Journalism was developing and artistic works got closer to the spoken language, especially in syntax. In 1902,
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intelligentsia. The literary language of the end of the 16th century and of Komenský’s work became the starting point for the new codification of literary Czech. Of the various attempts at codification,
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The artistic literature often resorted to archaisms and did not respect the natural development of the spoken language. This was due to attempts to reach the prestige literal styles.
1113:. The function of the literary language was limited; it left the scientific field first, the discerning literature later, and the administration finally. Under the rule of 1109:
The period from the second half of the 17th century to the second third of the 18th century was marked by confiscations and emigration of the Czech intelligentsia after the
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In the 14th century, Czech began to penetrate various literary styles. Official documents in Czech exist at the end of the century. The digraph orthography is applied. The
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took place later, thus the frequency of occurrence of palatalized consonants was lowered, but it strengthened the palatalization contrast at the same time. The change of
1285:. Thus, the orthography became close to its contemporary appearance. According to the German model, the punctuation leaves the pause principle and respects the syntax. 139:
Within West Slavic, Czech and Slovak separated from Polish around the 10th to 12th centuries. Some other changes took place during roughly the 10th century:
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is cancelled. The suggestion is a work of an individual person, therefore this graphic system was accepted slowly, the digraph orthography was still in use.
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published the first Rules of Czech Orthography, which also contained an overview of the morphology. These rules still preferred older forms in doublets.
1200:(1830–1835) contributed to the renewal of Czech vocabulary. Thanks to the enthusiasm of Czech scientists, Czech scientific terminology was created. 939:, became the pattern of the literary Czech language. The orthography was predominantly diacritic; the dot in soft consonants was replaced by the 1203: 795: 1503: 699:). The voicedness became the main contrastive feature of consonants after the disappearance of palatalization. The original pronunciation of 827:. For recording of soft consonants, digraphs are replaced by a dot above letters. The acute is used to denote the vowel length. The digraph 779:
are applied. As a consequence of this, aorist and imperfect start disappearing little by little and are replaced by the perfect (now called
2070: 2132: 1940: 1744: 1708: 619:, initiated in the 13th century, was finished. Palatalized (softened) consonants either merged with their hard counterparts or became 262:. It is approximately dated to the 12th century in Slovak, the 12th to 13th century in Czech and the 14th century in Upper Sorbian. 1851: 1734: 1595: 1492: 1478: 1467: 72: 50: 2054: 2022: 1841: 1816: 1682: 1662: 1524: 1208: 1114: 405:
Large changes take place in Czech phonology in the 12th and 13th centuries. Front and back variants of vowels are removed, e.g.
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The earliest written records of Czech date to the 12th to 13th century, in the form of personal names, glosses and short notes.
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The first ideas of the National Revival were in so-called defences of the Czech language. The most likely first such work is
1973: 1968: 1631: 1626: 1600: 1575: 1172: 1027:'strange'). The complicated syntax, influenced by Latin texts, required some improvement of the punctuation. However, the 110: 771:'I will have called'). The contrastive feature of imperfectiveness was also stabilized. The perfectivization function of 2004: 1517: 1062:
still remained in graphics). In initial positions, it was used in lesser prestige or specialized styles only. Written
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Step by step, the orthography was liberated from the relics of the Brethren orthography. According to the etymology,
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Pavel dal jest Ploškovcích zeḿu. Vlach dal jest Dolás zeḿu i sv́atému Ščepánu se dvěma dušníkoma Bogučeja a Sedlatu.
1749: 231:). The contrast of the vowel quantity (length) was also strengthened. The depalatalization of consonants preceding 17: 862:(the widespread Bohemian interdialect). There are also some other changes in this period: the diphthongization of 905:
The contrast of animateness in masculine inflection is not still fully set, as it is not yet applied to animals (
1656: 1110: 913:'I see a dog'). Aorist and imperfect have disappeared from literary styles before the end of the 15th century. 816: 490: 43: 37: 2127: 1462:
Karlík P., Nekula M., Pleskalová J. (ed.). Encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Nakl. Lidové noviny. Praha 2002.
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is not fixed yet; the present tense is often used instead. The contrast of perfective and imperfective
2091: 1590: 1565: 1176: 488: 480: 427:'nice'). In the morphology, these changes deepened the differences between hard and soft noun types ( 313: 1724: 1239:. Antiqua was introduced instead of fractura in printing, and it led to the removal of the digraph 1036: 1028: 250:
The vowels were front (ä, e, i, ě) and back (a, o, u), and the front ones had their back variants (
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shows, and popular legend has it that this preserved the Czech language from extinction at home.
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is not fully developed yet, there are also biaspectual and no-aspectual verbs. The Proto-Slavic
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became used in the contemporary way. Vowel length was denoted by the acute accent, except for
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Printed documents used the same orthography as in the previous period. Only the two kinds of
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was established, but it occurred in lesser prestige style text only. The diphthongization of
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occurs as a punctuation mark for better and clear organization of excessive and complicated
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In morphology, the differentiation of animate and inanimate masculines was completed (
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Lamprecht A., Šlosar D., Bauer J. Historická mluvnice češtiny. SPN Praha 1986, 423 s.
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The oldest known complete Czech sentence is a note on the foundation charter of the
859: 496: 297: 189: 870:, the pronunciation was probably different than today), the monophthongization of 1298: 593: 301: 1192:(both real and fictitious) had been occurring by that time. The publication of 631:
later at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. In this context, the phoneme
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The period from the 1780s to the 1840s. The abolition of serfdom in 1781 (by
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mark is sometimes used in various shapes. Its function is to denote pauses.
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Wlah dalgeſt dolaſ zemu iſuiatemu ſcepanu ſeduema duſnicoma bogucea aſedlatu
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In morphology, the future tense of imperfective verbs was fixed. The type
623:(ď, ť, ň). The depalatalization did not temporarily concern hard and soft 1126: 808: 390:
begins to appear, although not systematically. Combinations of letters (
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without any diacritics, resulting in ambiguities, such as in the letter
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The dual is also applied in verb conjugations. The past is expressed by
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are used. The first grammars are published for typographers' purposes.
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was mostly written in the final positions in words only, the digraph
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As a consequence of the loss of palatalization, the pronunciation of
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was used according to pauses in pronunciation, not the syntax. The
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principle (masculine, feminine and neuter) There were also three
651:'foam') before labial consonants in the pronunciation. The long 1513: 1150:
Dissertatio apologetica pro lingua Slavonica praecipue Bohemica
2106: 145: 22: 176: 1078:'egg') took place, but it was not applied in heterosyllabic 308:
was used after verbs of motion, but it was replaced by the
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Rejzek J. Český etymologický slovník. Leda, Voznice 2001.
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Around 1406, a reform of the orthography was suggested in
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starts to be pronounced as . The change of tautosyllabic
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developed at the close of the 1st millennium from common
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Chrestomatie k vývoji českého jazyka (13. – 18. století)
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merged. This change resulted in the diphthongization of
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are preserved. The interchangeability of the graphemes
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The period of the 15th century from the beginning of
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contrast of palatalized (softened) and unpalatalized
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Book of Ezekiel 36:26 from the 1417 Bible of Olomouc
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Until the early 20th century, it was known as 975:for technical reasons; later it was denoted as 820:, a work attributed to Jan Hus – the so-called 753:'I will call' became preferred to other types ( 339:chapter at the beginning of the 13th century: 1184:’s grammar was ultimately generally accepted. 1525: 8: 394:) are used for recording Czech sounds, e.g. 219:, and resulted in alterations of epenthetic 1264: 1148: 766: 760: 754: 748: 735: 730:has been added to all words beginning with 714: 708: 418: 247:took place at the end of the 12th century. 1555: 1532: 1518: 1510: 537:š; w = v; v = u; zz = s; z = z; ie, ye = ě 615:'(to) horses') took place. The so-called 73:Learn how and when to remove this message 1214: 955:was written in the middle. The grapheme 36:This article includes a list of general 1368: 890:in the form of a ring above the letter 775:and the imperfectivization function of 312:. However, the contemporary infinitive 178:dobriji > dobr’í, dobroje > dobré 1390:The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic 144:the disappearance and vocalization of 1136:are not differentiated any more. The 931:stabilized in printed documents. The 515:disappeared later, but the change of 7: 1188:attempts to cleanse the language of 1050:In the pronunciation, the change of 691:was enforced (with the exception of 675:'sand'). At the same time, the long 469:Chlmec > Chlumec, dĺgý > dlúhý 1375:Абаев В. И. О происхождении фонемы 1313:and marking the vowel length (e.g. 459:'to plant out'). The hard syllabic 360:The earliest texts were written in 1269:'hers'). In the 1840s, the double 1243:and its replacement by the letter 42:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 894:, which resulted in the grapheme 689:regressive assimilation of voice 617:main historical depalatalization 366:, which used the letters of the 105:Among the innovations in common 27: 1442:"Why Czechs don't speak German" 1423:"Why Czechs don't speak German" 1115:Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II 319:formally continues the supine. 983:. Pronounced was recorded as 344:Pauel dal geſt ploſcoucih zemu 1: 627:, which merged to one middle 471:'long'), as opposite to soft 277:: singular, dual and plural. 1074:'give (2. sg. imperative)', 592:remain interchangeable. The 155:bъzъ > bez, bъza > bza 687:'salt'). In pronunciation, 558:č; g = j; rs, rz = ř; s = s 2149: 1164: 999:was preserved, the simple 886:was sometimes recorded as 499:of palatalized alveolars ( 451:'soul') as well as verbs ( 168:the contraction of groups 18:History of the Czech lands 15: 2133:Slavic language histories 1281:replaced the traditional 1058:was also stabilized (but 1019:was always written after 1003:denoted the word-initial 550:later digraph orthography 529:older digraph orthography 1406:Porák, Jaroslav (1979). 1315:gymnasium > gymnázium 1111:Battle of White Mountain 1097:rather than the earlier 963:developed from original 817:De orthographia bohemica 1198:Czech-German Dictionary 635:disappeared. The short 501:t’ > c’, d’ > dz’ 177: 57:more precise citations. 1265: 1220: 1212: 1167:Czech National Revival 1149: 800: 767: 765:'I have to call', and 761: 755: 749: 736: 715: 709: 643:or was dissociated to 566:š; w = v; v = u; z = z 419: 1327:Orthographia bohemica 1218: 1206: 937:Unity of the Brethren 798: 679:was diphthongized to 507:) occurred. However, 363:primitive orthography 1440:Janeksela, Jacklyn. 1421:Janeksela, Jacklyn. 1231:came to be written, 929:Brethren orthography 435:'ploughman (gen.)'; 1090:'egg (gen. pl.)'). 388:digraph orthography 352:(in transcription: 275:grammatical numbers 1221: 1213: 1207:Wayside shrine in 1161:Early Modern Czech 1086:'they will give', 943:which was used in 801: 759:'I want to call', 639:either changed to 519:became permanent. 517:r’ > rs’ > ř 431:'farmer (gen.)' ↔ 2115: 2114: 1830: 1829: 1545:world's languages 1504:978-80-7294-591-7 1342:Czech orthography 1142:complex sentences 1127:Jan Amos Komenský 979:, and finally as 922:Humanistic period 831:and the grapheme 613:koňóm > koniem 572:, syllable-final 425:p’äkný > pěkný 420:v’a̋ce > viece 374:representing the 101:Early West Slavic 83: 82: 75: 2140: 2005:Standard Chinese 1556: 1534: 1527: 1520: 1511: 1450: 1449: 1437: 1431: 1430: 1418: 1412: 1411: 1403: 1397: 1388:Pronk-Tiethoff, 1386: 1380: 1373: 1357:Czech word order 1337:Czech declension 1273:was replaced by 1268: 1235:was replaced by 1152: 1076:vajce > vejce 1045:exclamation mark 1007:. The diphthong 945:č, ď, ň, ř, ť, ž 933:Bible of Kralice 909:'I see a lord'; 882:. The diphthong 770: 764: 758: 752: 739: 718: 712: 584:. The graphemes 539:; the graphemes 494: 486: 475:. 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