Konsonantismus Bible kralické šestidílné

The contribution explores in detail the consonantal subsystem of the Six-Volume Kralice Bible (1579–1594), the peak of Czech Reformation biblical humanism. The analysis of consonantism is undertaken especially with respect to a comparison with present-day Standard Czech. Diachronic phonetical and phonological changes, resulting in differences between the two synchronic stages, are exemplified, beginning with the Early Czech depalatalizations. Furthermore, Old Czech depalatalization processes, two kinds of l (l/ł), prothetic v-, hiatus consonants and other changes in the flow of speech – such as inserting a consonant, omitting a consonant, assimilation and dissimilation and consonant gemination – are analyzed.