The present paper concerns the status of the literary variety of the Czech language (the so called spisovná čeština) with the system of the Czech language, with a particular focus on spoken language and literature. As a result of the constant eradication of Czech literary language (spisovná čeština) from the spoken language of Czech users, the process of its becoming stylistically marked has been noticeable for some time. It is, therefore, no longer a neutral variety of language in literary texts – this function is being taken over (as much as in the spoken language) by the colloquial variety of the language, i.e. obecná čeština.

The present paper concerns the status of the literary variety of the Czech language (the so called spisovná čeština) with the system of the Czech language, with a particular focus on spoken language and literature. As a result of the constant eradication of Czech literary language (spisovná čeština) from the spoken language of Czech users, the process of its becoming stylistically marked has been noticeable for some time. It is, therefore, no longer a neutral variety of language in literary texts – this function is being taken over (as much as in the spoken language) by the colloquial variety of the language, i.e. obecná čeština.