Language awareness of people of Polish descent living in Ukraine in the use of some polite forms Cover Image

Świadomość językowa osób polskiego pochodzenia na Ukrainie w zakresie używania wybranych form grzecznościowych
Language awareness of people of Polish descent living in Ukraine in the use of some polite forms

Author(s): Ałła Krawczuk
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: Polish language in Ukraine; polite forms; language awareness; questionnaire

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article analyzes language awareness in the use of some polite forms by heritage Polish speakers in Ukraine. Language awareness is considered – on the one hand – as a competence, on the other as language beliefs. Both aspects were taken into account in the analysis of 4 types of questionnaires (466 respondents); oral and written texts created by speakers of studied Polish. Three types of polite phrases have been analyzed, which have the most distinct functioning specificity in the Polish language in Ukraine in comparison with the general Polish language: addressing the recipient in an official situation using pan/pani + imię, e.g. pani Mario!; expressing congratulations and wishes by means of structures containing performative verbs witać and pozdrawiać, e.g. Witam z urodzinami!; overusing of words pan/pani before a proper name in referential structures mainly in press information texts, e.g. Prezesem Izby został Jacek Piechota, były minister gospodarki, a ze strony ukraińskiej pan Oleg Dubynin. The research shows that awareness as a competence is very low in all three types of polite structures, while in the aspect of belief heritage Polish speakers are most aware of the inaccuracy of the words witam and pozdrawiam in congratulations and wishes. Several types of motivation for the speakers to use these structures are revealed.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 67
  • Page Range: 173-190
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish