Debil, idiota i kretyn w polskim parlamencie. Frekwencja, semantyka i funkcje
The words fool, idiot and moron in the transcripts of the Polish parliament. Frequency, semantics, and functions
Author(s): Michał Szczyszek, Oliwia Filip, Gabriela Gapik, Aleksandra Górna, Dominik Gronowicz, Nadia Kaźmierczak, Aleksandra MalczewskaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Pragmatics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: digital linguistic analysis; Parliamentary Discourse Corpus; lexical attendance; lexical pragmatics; IT tools
Summary/Abstract: In this article we discuss the uses of the words debil, idiot and moron [debil, idiota, kretyn] in the transcripts of the Polish parliament of selected persons. We focus on turn-taking and semantic analyses, which lead us to identify the new function in which these old psychiatric terms appear in general Polish, here: on the example of the Polish parliament. The linguistic data comes from the Corpus of Parliamentary Discourse covering the period from 1918 to the present. The names analysed are those which have become known as key words in the Polish parliament in various parliamentary discussions and debates. On the basis of the CPD data, we carry out not only a statistical and semantic analysis of these words (here: more precisely, a semantic analysis of their realisation in Polish parliamentary discourse), but also – a pragmatic analysis, attempting to determine the purposes and functions of invoking these names in the Polish parliament
Journal: Studia Językoznawcze. Synchroniczne i diachroniczne aspekty badań polszczyzny.
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 371-393
- Page Count: 23
- Language: Polish
