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Ewolucja coming outu w kontekście związków języka i kultury
Evolution of the term coming out in the context of the language-culture interrelations

Author(s): Małgorzata Kita
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: coming out; speech genres; speech genres evolution; LGBT discourse

Summary/Abstract: The article traces the evolution of the term coming out: one of the constituent elements of the LGBT discourse. The evolution proceeds in the following phases described in the article: a communication event – a speech genre – an art (literature, film) genre, while maintaining the name coming out, also in the Polish language, yet with the parallel search for its Polish equivalents and synonyms.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 17-25
  • Page Count: 9