New rules of Portuguese ortography and their application in practice

Aim of the diploma thesis is to map transparently language situation in Portuguese speaking countries from point of view of orthographical rules. The thesis is divided into several main chapters. The first part focuses on description of diffusion of Portuguese culture during naval expansion in the 17th century. Process of accepting European culture in colonized areas is described. The following subchapter describes current situation in lusofonic countries as well. The main accent is laid on situation in Brazil, which is the main representative of different orthographical standard of Portuguese orthography. Actual form of Brazil variation of Portuguese is described in the main features with accent on deviations from European standard. Into smaller extent, the thesis deals with description of situation of Portuguese speaking countries in Africa and Asia. Following chapter is focused on description of emergence of Portuguese since times of vulgar Latin until beginning of the 20th century. Key contribution of this chapter inheres in mapping of all attempts to reform and to unify Portuguese, which took place during the whole century. The main accent is laid on description of actual attempt of orthographical unification , which began in 1990. Substantial room is devoted to discussion, which this reformatory..