Słownik językowego savoir-vivre'u
A dictionary of linguistic savoir-vivre

Author(s): Małgorzata Marcjanik
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: linguistic savoir-vivre; polite language; interpersonal communication; teenage expressions; outdated expressions
Summary/Abstract: A collection of polite phrases most frequently used by Poles at the turn of the 20th and 21st century, and their classification based on functions (greetings, wishes, salutations, farewells) and the reactions produced by them. Arranged into encyclopaedia-style entries, the phrases used by various generations become, through tradition, fixed in a specific form, recalled by language users from memory. The form, analyzed from historical perspective, evolves. Modifications of familiar phrases systematically created by young generations, often functioning very briefly, later lose their expressiveness, disappear and new ones emerge.

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