Ke konceptu minimální intervence

• Authors: Benes Martin , Prosek Martin

Title variants

EN

ON THE CONCEPT OF MINIMAL INTERVENTION

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This article provides a theoretical and practical response to the so-called Concept of Minimal Intervention (CMI) first outlined in Cvrcek (2008a), and later expanded upon in Cvrcek (2008b). The theoretical part uses the analogy with Macura's (1995) analysis of the early National Revival discourse and presents examples of (un)successful interventions into the language to provide textual proof that the CMI discourse consists of contradictory statements. It is thus revealed that the function of these statements is not to describe the phenomenon, but rather, to serve Cvrcek's own purpose: the negative depiction of language regulation and intervention into language. Presenting evidence from the language counselling service of the Czech Language Institute, the practical part demonstrates that CMI's call for minimal intervention is not in accordance with the needs of the general public and that the means proposed to minimise intervention by linguists would not work as expected. A current view of the traditional concept of language cultivation, its terminology and methodology - refused by CMI - is also presented.

Keywords

EN

CODIFICATION; CONCEPT OF MINIMAL INTERVENTION; LANGUAGE COUNSELLING; LANGUAGE CULTIVATION; LANGUAGE NORM; LITERARY LANGUAGE; THEORY OF LITERARY LANGUAGE

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovo a slovesnost: časopis pro otázky teorie a kultury jazyka (Slovo a slovesnost: A journal for the theory of language and language cultivation)
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 72
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 39-55
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Benes Martin

author

Prosek Martin

• Martin Benes, Ustav pro jazyk cesky AV CR, v.v.i., Letenska 4, Praha 1, 118 51, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11CZAAAA095012