The paper presents the results of the sociolinguistic survey Capitalization in Czech. The survey was conducted by the Department of Language Culture, Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences, from January 1 to June 30, 2012. The aim of the questionnaire survey was to monitor the knowledge of the curent capitalization codification as well as the attitudes towards capitalization and possible changes in codification. The survey yielded 12,308 completed questionnaires (from 18,646 participants). The capitalization rules for names included in the survey were known to 59 % of the participants. A statistical analysis of the survey data revealed both differing levels of the capitalization rules knowledge among individual groups of participants, as well as conservative attitudes (86 % of the participants preffered the preservation of the current codification).
This article describes the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Czech Dictionary Office, the predecessor of today’s Institute of the Czech Language. The research results presented at this year’s exhibition and conference Čeština v pohledu synchronním a diachronním - Stoleté kořeny Ústavu pro jazyk český (Czech in Synchronic and Diachronic Perspective - One Hundred Years of the Czech Language Institute) testify to the fact that throughout its history, the Institute of the Czech Language has become the central institution for complex research on the Czech language, and has also acted in an important representational role for the nation. On the occasion of its 100th anniversary, the Czech Language Institute published its first scholarly e-book.
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