The Prague Linguistic Circle, its founder Vilem Mathesius and its commitment to developing linguistic culture from linguistic theory

This paper mainly focuses on the commitment of some Prague Linguistic Circle members (Mathesius, Havr\ue1nek, Jakobson, Weingart, Muka\u159ovsk\ufd) during the years between the Two World Wars. The author particularly draws attention to their reactions to the purists\u2019 aggressive views published in the review Na\u161e\u159e\u10d and to the \u201c1932 theses\u201d (the principles according to which language should have been treated) they formulated in addition.Le pr\ue9sent article traite de l\u2019engagement de certains membres du Cercle Linguistique de Prague (Mathesius, Havr\ue1nek, Jakobson, Weingart, Muka\u159ovsk\ufd) durant l\u2019entre-deux-guerres. L\u2019auteur attire particuli\ue8rement l\u2019attention sur les r\ue9actions de ces membres aux th\ue8ses agressives publi\ue9es par des puristes dans la revue Na\u161e\u159e\u10d, ainsi que sur les \uab th\ue8ses de 1932 \ubb (les principes selon lesquels la langue aurait d\ufb \ueatre trait\ue9e) qu\u2019ils formul\ue8rent par ailleurs