Editing Prague linguistic circle (section)

==History==
The Prague linguistic circle included the Russian émigrés [[Roman Jakobson]], [[Nikolai Trubetzkoy]], and [[Sergei Karcevskiy]], as well as the famous Czech literary scholars [[René Wellek]] and [[Jan Mukařovský]]. The instigator of the circle, and its first president until his death in 1945, was the [[Czech people|Czech]] linguist [[Vilém Mathesius]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=Vilém Mathesius |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vilem-Mathesius |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=9 January 2019}}</ref>

In 1929 the Circle promulgated its theses in a paper submitted to the First Congress of [[Slavic studies|Slavists]]. "The programmatic 1929 Prague ''Theses'', surely one of the most imposing linguistic edifices of the 20th century, incapsulated [sic] the functionalist credo."<ref>Luelsdorf, Philip A. (1983). On Praguian functionalism and some extensions. In Josef Vachek, Libuše Dušková, (eds.). ''Praguiana: Some Basic and Less Known Aspects of The Prague Linguistic School''. John Benjamins. Linguistic and literary studies in Eastern Europe; 12. p. xvi</ref> In the late 20th century, English translations of the Circle's seminal works were published by the Czech linguist [[Josef Vachek]] in several collections.

Also in 1929, the group launched a journal, ''Travaux du Cercle Linguistique de Prague''. World War II brought an end to it. The ''Travaux'' was briefly resurrected in 1966–1971. The inaugural issue was devoted to the political science concept of [[Postcolonialism|center and periphery]]. It was resurrected yet again in 1995. The group's Czech language work is published in ''[[Slovo a slovesnost]]'' (Word and Literature).