Kodifikace – právo, nebo pravomoc?
Codification – right or mandate?

Summary/Abstract: This article reviews possible senses of the term “codification” in the Czech linguistic context and outlines the ways in which the authority of linguistic codification is perceived in this context. Particular attention is devoted to the question of whether the authority of Czech linguistic codification is similar to that of executive power. By attempting to answer this question, the authors also approach the question of the codification authority potentially held by the Institute of the Czech Language, the traditional producer of linguistic codification in the Czech context. The authors confront passages from Czech linguistic texts concerning codification authority with the way this authority is ascribed to the main Czech codification sources. This confrontation reveals that although the Czech linguistic community perceives the codification authority as highly binding, the codification itself does not have the prerequisites to be so powerful in reality.

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