Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Orthographic reform and language -- planning -- Chapter 2 Standard Czech in its social and -- linguistic setting -- Chapter 3 Spelling reform in Czech, -- 1400...1900 -- Chapter 4 Spelling reform in Czech, -- 1900...1980 -- Chapter 5 Czech orthographic reform, -- 1980...1994 -- Chapter 6 The actors in spelling reform: Issues and -- debates -- Chapter 7 Debating linguistics, authority, and -- legitimacy -- Chapter 8 Metaphors and the conceptualization of -- language -- Chapter 9 Conclusions -- Backmatter