Pomiędzy nomina sunt odiosa a damnatio memoriae. O strategiach wykluczania za pomocą nazw własnych
Between nomina sunt odiosa and damnatio memoriae. On exclusion strategies by means of proper names

Author(s): Mariusz Rutkowski
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Pragmatics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: public discourse; proper names; pragmatics of naming; naming policy; collective memory
Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt at a discourse analysis of the naming sphere, aimed at describing such cases of using and concealing proper names that are intended to the exclude/marginalise the persons. The examples of renaming, euphemising and deliberate omission of names at different levels of discourse will be shown. All these operations have one thing in common: the belief that absence of names or their concealment can be an effective social action. A symbolic omitting or concealing/forgetting a name is sometimes treated as a means of (symbolic) action on an object. Specific cases of such actions from political, historical and media discourse will be analysed.

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