Językowy obraz Ukraińców w polskich dziennikach prasowych (analiza materiałów Narodowego Korpusu Języka Polskiego z lat 2005–2010)
Comparative analysis of Russian idiomatic expressions for clothes and footwear and their Polish equivalents

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the vocabulary that belongs to the context of the use of the slogans “Ukrainian male” and “Ukrainian female” was analysed to distinguish the linguistic image of Ukrainians in press journals from 2005–2010. The database of words that were analysed was obtained using two corpus tools: the PLECRA search engine for searching in the National Corpus of Polish and the Sketch Engine program. After analysing the results with the contextual vocabulary of the terms “Ukrainian male” and “Ukrainian female”, thematic groups were distinguished, describing the areas of their use. Most of the vocabulary (81%) turned out to be thematically neutral and not emotionally marked. The inhabitants of Ukraine were most often mentioned in the surveyed press in the context of sports (8%) and in a political context (5%). Negative descriptions appeared only in a historical context (only 1%) and in the context of crime (also 1%). As a result of the study, based on the resources of the National Corpus of the Polish Language, it was found that in the years 2005–2010 in Polish press journals the linguistic image of Ukrainians was mostly neutral, and was most often shown in a sports context.

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