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Misconduct Reporting (the so-called Whistleblowing)

The Czech Language Institute has an internal whistleblowing system in accordance with the Czech Whistleblower Protecting Act (Act no. 171/2023). The system is used to receive reports of alleged illegal acts that have occurred or could possibly occur at the institute. Reports are received in order to remedy the unsatisfactory legal situation or to prevent […]

Center for Academic Writing

Center for Academic Writing was established as a branch of the Department of Language Studies of the Czech Language Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The center offers courses of writing for academic purposes (taught online via Moodle), consultations to anyone at any stage of writing in academic English as well as practical seminars […]

In Words

The main feature of the website Ve slovech (In Words) is an audio archive. It contains recordings reflecting the Czech population’s perception of war and other crises, in both the past and present. The recordings are drawn from the internal Archiv zvukových záznamů nářečních promluv (Archive of Sound Recordings of Dialect Speeches) owned by the […]

Web Vocabulary

Vokabulář webový is an internet application containing texts, images and audio resources for exploring historical Czech. It was launched in November 2006 and new material is gradually added. The Department of Language Development of the Czech Language Institute developed and administers Vokabulář webový. Currently, Vokabulář webový  aggregates the following lexical reference sources: Malý staročeský slovník (MSS), Slovník […]

Our Mission and Work

The Czech Language Institute’s (CLI) mission is to conduct scientific research on the Czech language and language education, help apply research results and provide research infrastructure, including specialised language teaching. The Institute’s core task is carrying out scientific research on the Czech national language and its current state, historical development and relationship to other languages, […]