Instructions for Authors

Naše řeč does not accept submissions of texts which have been published or accepted for publication elsewhere. The recommended maximum length of submissions is 20 standard pages (i.e. a total of 36,000 characters including spaces).

Naše řeč accepts texts in Czech or English, exceptionally in Slovak.

The article must include an abstract in English and Czech, i.e. a brief summary of its content (not merely information about the results), and 3-10 key words. The English abstract should contain 100–200 words in case of article and 50–100 words in case of short article. The key words should be in Czech and in English and listed in alphabetical order.

Book reviews should contain the bibliographical information of the publication being reviewed. Naše řeč does not accept submissions which are merely descriptive and lack critical evaluation and/or the author’s own contribution to the scholarly dialogue. 

At the end of the text, list the address of your affiliation (or another contact address) and your e-mail address.

Texts can be submitted by e-mail to naserec@ujc.cas.cz.

Manuscript Guidelines

• Manuscripts should be submitted in doc format, font Times New Roman, size 12, spacing 1.5; graphs or pictures should be sent in .jpg, .tif, .eps or .gif formats.
• Text which is to be typeset in italics should be written in italics in the electronic version.
• For cases in which spaces between letters in individual words are to be used for emphasis in the printed version, the relevant words should be underlined.
• Bold type should be used only for headings.
• Footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the relevant page.
• At the end of the text, there should be a list of references cited in the text. Citations in the text should contain the author’s surname and the publication year, and in some cases the page numbers, in parentheses, e.g. (Havránek, 1932, p. 33)
• The formal requirements for the references are as follows:
  - Monographs:
  STICH, Alexandr (2004): Jazykověda – věc veřejná. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny.
  BROWN, Penelope – LEVINSON, Stephen C. (1987): Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage. Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press.
  - Journal Publications:
  DANEŠ, František (1977): K dvěma základním otázkám kodifikace. Naše řeč, 60(1), s. 3–13.
  - Chapters in Monographs or Series Publications:
  KOMÁREK, M. (2002): Ke vztahu mezi videm a tzv. způsoby slovesného děje. In: Z. Hladká – P. Karlík (eds.), Čeština – univerzália a specifika 4: Sborník konference v Brně: 15.–17. 11. 2001. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, s. 135–140.
  - Internet References:
  Internetová jazyková příručka [online] (2008–2021). Cit. 6. 3. 2018. <http://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz/>.
  VEČERKA, Radoslav (2008): Biografickobibliografické medailonky českých lingvistů: bohemistů a slavistů. Linguistica online [online]. Brno: Ústav baltistiky a jazykovědy FF MU. Cit. 6. 3. 2018. <http://www.phil.muni.cz/linguistica/art/vecerka/vec-medailonky2.pdf>.

Journal address: Naše řeč, Institute of the Czech Language AS CR, Letenská 4, 118 51 Prague 1, Czech, e-mail: naserec@ujc.cas.cz.