I dizionari bilingui italiano-polacco, polacco-italiano durante il periodo della Repubblica Popolare di Polonia: una ricognizione lessicografica e didattica
Italian-Polish and Polish-Italian Bilingual Dictionaries During the Period of The People’s Republic of Poland: A Lexicographical and Didactic Survey

Summary/Abstract: This diachronic study analyses Italian–Polish and Polish–Italian bilingual dictionaries published during the period when Poland was part of the bloc of socialist People’s Republics, the satellite states of the USSR. After a brief overview of the development of Italian–Polish and Polish–Italian bilingual lexicography – divided into three macro-phases – and a review of previous studies on the subject, the analysis focuses on the historical period mentioned above. The article first outlines the relevant geopolitical context and then proceeds to examine the lexicographical publications, understood here primarily as didactic tools for learning Italian. The publishing monopoly exercised by the communist system led to the creation of three dictionaries differing in size, number of entries, and purpose. The analysis of their para-, macro- and microstructure reveals several features that allow these works to be classified predominantly as unidirectional, aimed mainly at Polish-speaking users, although two of them display certain signs of bidirectionality. Two of the dictionaries also have a distinctly grammatical character, one of which is additionally intended for academic use. The third dictionary, although minimal in size and officially designed for conversational use while travelling, likewise exhibits notable didactic value.

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