Lehrgebäude der böhmischen Sprache

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Josef Dobrovský's Lehrgeb\u00e4ude der b\u00f6hmischen Sprache (1809) was a foundational work in codifying the Czech language. This grammar brought order to the literary language, which had been neglected for approximately 150 years. Dobrovský, a scholar of the Czech language and a founder of comparative Slavic linguistics, also wrote Geschichte der b\u00f6hmischen Sprache und Literatur (1792). His work was crucial in the study and standardization of Slavic languages.1

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Josef Dobrovský
His grammar of Czech, Lehrgebäude der böhmischen Sprache (1809; “Learning System of the Bohemian Language”), codified the language and brought order to the usage of the literary language that had come to be neglected in the preceding 150 years. The foundation of comparative Slavic studies was laid in Dobrovský’s…
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His grammar of Czech, Lehrgebäude der böhmischen Sprache (1809; “Learning System of the Bohemian Language”), codified the language and brought order to the usage of the literary language that had come to be neglected in the preceding 150 years. The foundation of comparative Slavic studies was laid in Dobrovský’s…
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