Dzień dobry (Good morning) and Gamardżoba — about Polish and Georgian language etiquette Cover Image

Dzień dobry i Gamardżoba — o polskiej i gruzińskiej etykiecie językowej
Dzień dobry (Good morning) and Gamardżoba — about Polish and Georgian language etiquette

Author(s): Nana Shengelia
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Polish and Georgian etiquette; greetings; the language of courtesy

Summary/Abstract: This article is an attempt to compare Polish and Georgian language of courtesy illustrated with the example of greetings. The mentioned formulas are an excellent material for this type of analysis due to the commonness of their usage. The work focuses mainly on the interpretation of the most commonly used locutions. It points to the problems that may be encountered by their users while in mutual interactions, all the more since in the studied languages there are significant differences conditioned historically and culturally, which was attempted to be shown in this study.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 233-245
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish