Agresja werbalna w Sejmie (na przykładzie wypowiedzi posłów Sejmu VI kadencji)
Verbal Aggression in the Sejm at the Example of Speeches of the Members of the Polish Parliament During the 6th Term

Summary/Abstract: This article examines verbal aggression in the lower house of Polish Parliament (Sejm) in the first three months of the 6th term (November 2007 – January 2008). The then-governing Sejm was the result of elections which took place on Oct 21st, 2007, after the deputies of the previous term decided to end their term in 2007 instead of 2009. The Sejm consisted of 460 deputies: 451 deputies represented four political parties. 9 deputies didn’t belong to any fraction. Coalition government was formed by two parties: Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska, PO) and Polish People’s Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL). The opposition was formed by Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS) and by Left and Democrats (Lewica i Demokraci, LiD). In order to criticize and insult political opponents, they use, among other things, a strategy of apparent language politeness, wordplay and verse, semantic extensions of lexemes through their new characterization, strategic use of metaphorical semantic explanations, as well as a wealth of metaphors and comparisons, as well as „We“ and „They“ and generalizations to depreciate the political adversary.

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