Linguistic Indications of Ethnocentrism in 16th−17th Century Polish Cover Image

Językowe wykładniki etnocentryzmu w polszczyźnie XVI−XVII wieku
Linguistic Indications of Ethnocentrism in 16th−17th Century Polish

Author(s): Marek Cybulski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: historia języka polskiego; etnocentryzm; wykładniki językowe; history of the Polish language; ethnocentrism; linguistic exponents

Summary/Abstract: Old Polish prose texts (also the official ones) used various linguistic formulas to manifest the stereotypical opposition between negatively perceived strangeness and positively marked familiarity. Strangers were associated with: crudeness, peasant origin, villainy, bestiality and disgusting appearance.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 103-110
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish