Contents // Introduction...5 // Approaching Czech linguistic functionalism (Jan Chovanec)...6 // The functional differentiation of the standard language (Bohuslav Havránek)...27 // Standard language and poetic language (Jan Mukařovský)...41 // Remarks on the dynamism of the system of language (Josef Vachek)...54 // On the interplay of external and internal factors // in the development of language (Josef Vachek)...64 // On the functional hierarchy of spoken and written utterances (Josef Vachek)...78 // The English sentence as a whole: Complex condensation // and word order (Vilém Mathesius)...95 // Dogs must be carried on the escalator. // A case study in FSP potentiality (Jan Firbas)...114