"JĘZYK - WSPÓLNOTĄ PRACY". PORADNICTWO W "PORADNIKU JĘZYKOWYM" OSTATNIEGO DWUDZIESTOPIĘCIOLECIA
"LANGUAGE - A JOINT EFFORT". LANGUAGE COUNSELLING IN "PORADNIK JĘZYKOWY" OVER THE LAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

Summary/Abstract: Language counselling constituted the primary objective of Poradnik Językowy, as defined by its founder Roman Zawiliński, and predominated during the so-called Cracow period of the journal's history (1901-1931). After the journal was relocated to Warsaw and Witold Doroszewski assumed the position of editor-in-chief in 1932, the proportion of normative and advisory texts gradually decreased in favour of strictly scholarly contributions. The theoretical foundations of language counselling were shaped by three models of prescriptive linguistics developed by Witold Doroszewski, Halina Kurkowska, and Jadwiga Puzynina. Over the past 25 years, this thematic area has been represented in Poradnik Językowy by four sections: Komunikaty Rady Języka Polskiego (Announcements of the Council for the Polish Language), Co piszą o języku? (What's written on language), Objaśnienia wyrazów i zwrotów (Explanations of words and expressions), and Słowa i słówka (Words and expressions). In recent years, only the latter two have subsisted. At the same time, both the form and content of the published texts have evolved - from brief, problem-oriented language advice to more extensive monographic studies of lexical items and data-driven interpretative articles.

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