Calques from English as products of religious discourse used by Polish Pentecostal protestants Cover Image

Kalki z języka angielskiego w dyskursie religijnym polskich protestantów pentekostalnych
Calques from English as products of religious discourse used by Polish Pentecostal protestants

Author(s): Karolina Bogacz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: linguistic caiques; discourse; protestants

Summary/Abstract: The subject studied in this article is phrasems - calques from English that appear in religious discourse used by Polish Pentecostal protestants. In the text 12 phrasems are analyzed. All of them were gathered in informal situations among members of two Polish Pentecostal churches. The article is a trial to point reasons and results of the influences of English onto the discourse.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 29-38
  • Page Count: 10