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Laudacja – współczesna odmiana mowy pochwalnej (rozpoznanie wstępne)
Eulogy – A Modern Variation of the Speech of Praise (Preliminaries)

Author(s): Elżbieta Sękowska
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: amplification; eulogies; repetitions; synonyms; pronouns

Summary/Abstract: The article contains an analysis of contemporary laudatory speeches devoted to the authors of belles lettres. The reference to the species and linguistic traditions, especially the 19th century, allowed to show the characteristic rhetorical means present in eulogies and the change of the cultural convention in expressing praise.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 73
  • Page Range: 385-394
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish