Stylizacja językowa w instrukcjach do polskich gier planszowych
Language stylisation in the instructions for Polish board games

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the phenomenon of styling in the genre of instructions, in its sub-form of instructions for a board game. It is recognised that the text of the instructions leads to linguistic creation, introducing the player to the game’s specific world. This involves further creation of meanings in the game process and inclusion of users in a culture-based interactive character system. Stylisation occurs in about 20% of contemporary Polish texts studied. The choice of a less typical strategy for explaining the game’s story introduces an element of surprise to the product, provides additional aesthetic impressions, and sometimes even organises the entire game world. Quantitatively, fragments subjected to language stylisation do not prevail. Such stylisation, however, appears in the text frame and concerns not only the lexical layer, but also the language variation, genre, and even discourse.

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