Názory respondentů v dotazníku na psaní velkých písmen

• Authors: Ivana Svobodová

Title variants

EN

RESPONDENT OPINIONS IN A CAPITALIZATION QUESTONNAIRE

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The paper analyzes and evaluates the responses from a sociolinguistic survey concerning capitalization in Czech. Approximately 4,100 participants utilized the opportunity to express their opinions on this matter. The expressed views varied greatly. They were often contradictory and concerned not only capitalization, but also other spelling issues or language issues in general. The paper devotes special attention to opinions on particular types of names. Most often, the participants expressed their views on geographical names, especially public places in cities. Other frequently mentioned types were company names, names of authorities and the titles of document or literary work.

Keywords

EN

attitude; capital letter; codification; opinion; orthography; respondent; The Rules of Czech Orthography

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Naše řeč (Our Speech)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 96
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 17-36
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ivana Svobodová

• Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, Prague, Czech Republic