Novočeský lexikální archiv a excerpce v průběhu let 1911-2011

This article traces the development of the Modern Czech Lexical Archive over the last one hundred years. All Czech monolingual dictionaries and some specialized dictionaries have been created on the basis of this archive. The archive consists of two parts: the older card section (which is of cultural-historical value even today) and the newly-built electronic section (in the form of individual databases). Furthermore, the article describes the methods of excerption on the basis of which the linguistic material was systematically amassed. Last but not least, the article refers to important individuals who participated in the process of accumulating and building this significant linguistic resource.