Dickins, Tom2017-10-132017-10-132015-04-300037679510.5699/slaveasteurorev2.93.2.0213http://hdl.handle.net/2436/620765This article employs a corpus-driven discourse approach to analyse the language of the canonical official interpretation of the Prague Spring, Poučení z krizového vývoje ve straně a společnosti po XIII. sjezdu KSČ. The study argues that Communist rhetoric reduced language to a ‘coded’ ideological ritual, which largely achieved its two intended perlocutionary effects: to re-educate its readers and to satisfy the political demands of the Soviet leadership. It further suggests that the text points to the importance of social stability and a quiet life (to get on with one's work) as two of the principal leitmotifs of the normalization era.enPoučení z krizového vývojeCzechoslovak CommunismNormalizationPrague Spring1968LanguageRhetoricJournal articleThe Slavonic and East European Review