Język w komunikacji interkulturowej
Language and Culture in the Intercultural Communication

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is the use of language information by the analysis of theintercultural communication processes. The author describes the so-called precedentphenomena, understood as texts, sentences (for example proverbs, aphorisms, songs), andnames, which contain concepts that are especially important for a given culture, wide wellknownfor the majority of individuals. Precedent phenomena often function as tools for theconceptualization of experience.Contrastive anthropology deals with comparison of the culture types; it is based oncertain parameters. The language and text information gained through this comparison is veryuseful because the evaluation of any culture type (own or foreign) is expressed (in a moreor less transparent way) by the form, structure and content of the so-called culture texts.The author analyses some Russian artistic and journalist texts and then shows thepredominantly positive evaluation of Poland and Poles. It relates especially to such culturespheres as science and literature. Inversely, the Russians evaluate the Polish way of politicsand national character as rather negative.

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