STYLISTYCZNE WYKŁADNIKI NIEKOMUNIKATYWNOŚCI TEKSTÓW URZĘDOWYCH
Stylistic exponents of incommunicativeness of official texts

Summary/Abstract: The object of the paper is an analysis of stylistic exponents of uncommunicativeness of official texts. The research carried out on this variant of the Polish language to date have usually described, analysed and explained linguistic phenomena from the cultural and linguistic perspective. This approach does not fully explain which features of the offi cial style determine its incomprehensibility. The resolution of this issue is facilitated by the attempt made in this paper in order to answer the question of the extent to which the official style meets the criteria of a communicative style, the canons of which include: clarity, simplicity, conciseness, dynamics, specifi city, constructiveness, and appropriateness. As follows from the analysis, there are phenomena in the offi cial language that are the opposite of the features enumerated above. They include i.a.: logical and grammatical incoherence of paragraphs and sentences, expanded single and compound statements, analytical structures and linguistic conventions, impersonal verb forms and no personal subject, abstract nouns, genitive series, nominalisation and errors in the text structure. Such properties arise to a large extent from typical features of the offi cial style.

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