Publisher: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Acta Baltico Slavica

Frequency: 1 issues / Country: Poland

Acta Baltico-Slavica is an interdisciplinary yearly journal featuring papers from the fields of linguistics, anthropology, historical studies, and cultural studies. In the years 1964–1977, it was published by Białostockie Towarzystwo Naukowe in Białystok, subsequently, from 1977 to 1992 by the Ossolineum in Wrocław. Since 1992, the journal has been published by the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

Acta Baltico-Slavica publishes research on the current and past cultural, linguistic and social phenomena in the Balto-Slavic borderland region. Papers that appear in the journal focus on transnational issues – our main interest rests in comparative studies and investigating universal processes rather than isolated facts from national histories. Research concerning borderlands was (and often still is) done from national standpoints – in Acta Baltico-Slavica, we attempt to promote studies which go beyond that perspective. Our mission is to create an interdisciplinary and transcultural scientific terminology, which departs from the ethnocentric perspective.

Our journal has received contributions from linguists, historians, anthropologists and cultural studies scholars from all over the world. We are open to novel and unconventional subjects and topics, non-standard research approaches, as well as discussions and polemics. Beginning with Issue 39, every issue of Acta Baltico-Slavica focuses on a single research subject.

The journal is published in open access and is indexed in databases including Scopus, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) and European Reference Index for the Humanities Plus (ERIH Plus). Points awarded for publication according to the List of scholarly journals and peer-reviewed international conference materials, issued by the Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Poland: 100.

Adeptus

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Poland

“Adeptus” – journal of humanities, sets out to promote the achievements of young researchers. It presents peer-reviewed, original articles written by graduate students and novice Ph.D. graduates in humanities. The principal aim of our journal is to allow this group of researchers to publish their texts fast (using the on-line form) and render them freely available (in the Open Access system). The quality of the published articles is guaranteed by the Scientific Board, which consists of internationally recognised scientists representing various fields in the humanities, as well as by Polish and foreign reviewers recognised in the scientific community. Every issue (which contains three regular sections) contains papers on different subjects, but the Editorial Board does not exclude the possibility of publishing issues with a single theme.

Anthropology of continuity and change

Macedonian Poreče 80 years after Józef Obrębski’s research

Author(s): / Language(s): English

“This book is a result of fieldwork undertaken for the project Anthropology of Continuity and Change: Macedonian Poreče 80 Years after Józef Obrębski's Research” implemented at the University of Warsaw in the years 2012–2013. Our aim was to create a contemporary monograph on Poreče through critical analysis of collected field material, by posing the same or similar questions as Obrębski did 80 years ago. The research focused primarily on subjects explored by Obrębski, for instance family, yearly rituals, religion, magic, or the position of women in the rural society. Secondly we investigated new topics like the political, economic, and social changes related to the collapse of Yugoslavia and the painful transition process in Macedonia (from the Foreword by Karolina Bielenin-Lenczowska and Anna Engelking).

Antropologiczno-językowe wizerunki duszy w perspektywie międzykulturowej. Tom 2. Świat oczyma duszy

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Russian,Polish

"The monograph opens an interdisciplinary discourse about the notion [of the soul] and the changes it has undergone over the centuries. (…) The aim of starting this interdisciplinary and international discussion on the phenomenon of the soul was to create a common research platform where to present the positions of representatives of different milieus within the humanities. (…) The monograph features studies by dozens of authors from research centres both in Poland and abroad. (…) The subject matter of the soul, spirit and spirituality is at the heart of the humanities, constituting a point of departure for research on the immaterial dimension of reality that connects the traditional and the present-day. Reflection about the essence of humanity and man’s existence in this world and questions about a continuation of this existence after physical death have accompanied mankind forever, no matter the time or place. The belief about a post-mortem form of being is attested in funerary rites conducted by both the primordial peoples and the advanced civilizations that have expressed the questions of the condition humana as religious and philosophical systems reflected in literature, the arts, the humanities, and language” (from the introduction by E. Masłowska). The second volume of the series is comprised by works devoted to the images of the soul in literature and visual art as well as in the Christian, Indian, Chinese, African and Persian spiritualities.

Antropologiczno-językowe wizerunki duszy w perspektywie międzykulturowej. Tom I. Dusza w oczach świata

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Russian,Czech,Polish

"The monograph opens an interdisciplinary discourse about the notion [of the soul] and the changes it has undergone over the centuries. (…) The aim of starting this interdisciplinary and international discussion on the phenomenon of the soul was to create a common research platform where to present the positions of representatives of different milieus within the humanities. (…) The monograph features studies by dozens of authors from research centres both in Poland and abroad. (…) The subject matter of the soul, spirit and spirituality is at the heart of the humanities, constituting a point of departure for research on the immaterial dimension of reality that connects the traditional and the present-day. Reflection about the essence of humanity and man’s existence in this world and questions about a continuation of this existence after physical death have accompanied mankind forever, no matter the time or place. The belief about a post-mortem form of being is attested in funerary rites conducted by both the primordial peoples and the advanced civilizations that have expressed the questions of the condition humana as religious and philosophical systems reflected in literature, the arts, the humanities, and language” (from the introduction by E. Masłowska).

Białorusko-polska homonimia międzyjęzykowa

Author(s): Radosław Kaleta / Language(s): Polish,Belarussian

In English, there exist several terms describing the interlingustic homonymy – a phenomenon which is described in this dissertation, with reference to the Belarusian and Polish language. Among these terms, one can indicate: (translator’s/slavist’s) “false friends”, “false cognates”, “misleading words” (of foreign origin), “deceptive words”, “deceptive cognates” or “interlinguistic lexical homonymy”.The monograph includes a review of some of the most important European works on the problem of “false friends” understood in a broad sense. These references lead to a discussion on the existing definitions as well as the most appropriate term to determine the concept of “false friends”. Furthermore, an attempt to list types and causes of this phenomenon is made.The phenomenon of “false friends” can be observed not only within vocabulary, but also among more complex lexical structures, e.g. expressions and phrases. As mentioned above, the aim of this book was to list different types of “false friends” and to explain the mechanism of language mistakes and misunderstandings. This issue should be taken into consideration in the process of language teaching.This book offers a theoretical overview of the problem of interlingual homonymy as regards Polish and Belarusian. It also provides a comprehensive list of types of interlinguistic homonymy, which is lead to compile a dictionary of Belarusian‑Polish “false friends”. So far, such a publication has not been worked up. It is also the first greater dictionary of this type, including numerous examples. It is addressed not only to students and teachers, but also to all those who use Belarusian and Polish in their everyday life including journalists, businessmen or politicians.

Bogomilism. The Afterlife of the “Bulgarian Heresy”

Author(s): Grażyna Szwat-Gyłybowa / Language(s): English

This study in history of ideas looks at the hitherto unstudied subject matter of adaptations of the medieval gnostic movement known as Bogomilism to the needs of modern and postmodern discourses of Bulgarian identity. A wide range of texts of Bulgarian culture relevant for the revitalisation of Bogomilism is analysed, from the first works of writers of the national revival movement, to school textbooks, journalism, essays, fine literature, and esoteric books of the turn of the 20th century. The result is the establishment of connections between different strategies of mythologizing Bogomilism in modern Bulgarian culture and the projects of modernitas preferred by their (often mutually conflicted) authors.

Bukowina. Inni wśród Swoich

Author(s): / Language(s): Romanian,Polish,Ukrainian,German

"The book tackles the continuously topical and important subject matter of the setting of social boundaries and the diversity of the social world, of migration and the associated sense of separateness and alienation but also community building despite [...] the everyday experience of difference". The texts comprising this volume will allow for a better understanding of "the phenomenon of the borderland in its various aspects (linguistic, cultural, societal, political) on the part of members of the scientific community and of social practitioners (politicians and activists). Particular texts might also prove useful in the educational process at different levels and in different fields - and in different Central European countries" (from review by Professor Lech Suchomłynow).

Bukowina. Wspólne dziedzictwo kulturowe i językowe

Author(s): / Language(s): Romanian,Polish,Ukrainian

This collective monograph comes as a result of intellectual work undertaken jointly by the American, German, Moldovan, Polish, Romanian and Ukrainian scholars who participated in the international conference entitled “Bukowina: Wspólne dziedzictwo kulturowe i językowe” (Bukovina: Common Cultural and Linguistic Heritage), held in Jastrowie, Poland, in June 2019. The present volume, which contains extended versions of their papers, is conceived as a collection providing different perspectives on the issue of cultural heritage. The cultures and languages of Bukovina have also inspired contributions which go beyond the issues of the region but are related to it in the geographical or cultural sense. The invited authors represent various perspectives and fields of study: linguistics, cultural studies, literary studies, history, political studies, sociology, ethnology and art history. The list of contributors includes experienced scholars and young promising researchers studying the cultural and linguistic richness of the historical Bukovina, the Carpathian region and Central Europe. The volume consists of three parts. The first one includes contributions on language as cultural heritage. The second part is devoted to the memory of heritage. Part three presents cultural heritage in social and creative activity.

Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives

Frequency: 1 issues / Country: Poland

“Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives” (yearly) is an international and interdisciplinary scientific journal. It was formed as a result of Polish-French cooperation co-ordinated by the Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (other partners in the project were: University of Silesia, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université Paris-Sorbonne IV and VII).

The topics presented in “Cognitive Studies | Études Сognitives” fall within the scope of contemporary, mainly synchronous, linguistics, including: theoretical cognitive semantics; issues of semantics and grammar in natural languages as manifested in corpus linguistics; lexical semantics; contrastive linguistics; linguistic engineering (e.g. corpus linguistics, mono- and bi- and multilingual corpora) and sociolinguistics.

The composition of the Scientific Board reflects the nature of the journal: it is international – the members of the Scientific Board come from Belarus, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Ukraine; and interdisciplinary – it comprises professors of linguistics, mathematics and computer science.

Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives have so far featured contributions by scientists from 21 countries of Europe and North America. The primary language of the journal was initially French. In 2004, it was superseded by English. French has remained one of the journal's languages for the sake of tradition.

The journal is published in open access and is indexed in databases including Scopus, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) and European Reference Index for the Humanities Plus (ERIH Plus). Points awarded for publication according to the List of scholarly journals and peer-reviewed international conference materials, issued by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Republic of Poland: 20.

Colloquia Humanistica

Frequency: 1 issues / Country: Poland

The journal Colloquia Humanistica was founded as an interdisciplinary annual forum for discussion between researchers, who represent different fields of the humanities. Each issue is centred around different main theme, presented from diverse perspectives. This reflects our awareness of the value of cooperation between various disciplines of the humanities. Thus, we can paint a comprehensive picture of the subject matter. We seek to ensure the consistent Academic standards of the texts by entrusting the editorial duties to scholars of high standing. Every main theme is inspired by cultural studies and devoted particularly to issues that were previously marginalised or dominated by one ideological stance. We focus on topics most often overlooked by so-called official culture inconvenient for national narratives, or treated instrumentally therein. We invite cooperation and contributions from scholars representing cultural studies, linguists, historians, ethnologists, philosophers, and others.

Colloquia Humanistica is not strictly confined to the area of Slavic cultures or the Balkans; while Slavic and Balkan themes will appear in the journal, they only serve as an illustration for broader issues in the humanities. It is the intention of our annual to promote regular discussion on various biases and stereotypes: cultural, national, as well as academic. For that reason, an important place in the journal is reserved for the section called “Materials”, where we present literary and historical inedita, as well as texts translated into Polish for the first time. The journal is published in English, with “Materials” in Polish translation, preceded by English introductions.

We hope that the new Colloquia Humanistica will attain high scholarly standards. At the same time, we would like the journal to host animated discussions on various topics, not in the sense of swift reactions to short-lived sensationalism but by offering constant support to the scholarly exchange of ideas in the form of: debates, arguments, creative discussions; as opposed to biased expositions approaching issues from the singular point of view of a specific ideology. In other words: we would like it to be a “Colloquium”.

The journal is published in open access and is indexed in databases including Scopus, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) and European Reference Index for the Humanities Plus (ERIH Plus). Points awarded for publication according to the List of scholarly journals and peer-reviewed international conference materials, issued by the Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Poland: 70.

Czarny romantyzm we współczesnej literaturze popularnej. Wybrane zagadnienia

Author(s): Dorota Dobrzyńska / Language(s): Polish

This book discusses the influence of so-called Dark Romanticism on contemporary popular literature, foreign as well as Polish. Its starting point is the opinion, voiced by some Polish scholars, that in today’s Poland, there is a need for a reinterpretation of Romanticism. Over the years, it was associated mainly with patriotic issues and with many stereotypes. Nowadays, however, it has been increasingly treated as an aesthetic phenomenon rather than connected with political and historiosophical questions. This change also makes it possible to consider Romanticism not only as a closed period in the history of literature and art but also as a style still present in literary works. Useful here is the concept of Dark Romanticism, a literary and art movement (mainly American and West European), whose features include: gloomy atmosphere, mysterious characters who unveil the secrets of their existence, motifs connected with death, melancholy and insanity, and references to folklore and fairy tales. In the recent years, elements of Dark Romanticism have been appearing in popular literature and culture, which means that – interpreted as a style – it still remains valid. The book’s aim is to analyse how motifs characteristic of Dark Romanticism function in contemporary popular literature, Polish and European. The discussed examples are: the “young adult” novels of Carlos Ruiz Zafón; the short story “Whispering Wind” by Frederick Forsyth and the novel “Krew na placu Lalek” [Blood on Dolls Square] by Krzysztof Kotowski; Polish fantasy literature – the cycles of short stories by Andrzej Sapkowski (“Ostatnie życzenie” [The Last Wish], “Miecz przeznaczenia” [The Sword of Destiny]) and Anna Kańtoch (“Diabeł na wieży” [The Devil on the Tower], “Zabawki diabła” [Devil’s Toys]); and crime fiction referring to the aesthetics of Dark Romanticism – “The Wisdom of the Dead” by Rodolfo Martínez and “Jul” by Paweł Goźliński. The analyses prove that elements of Dark Romanticism are present in contemporary popular literature, which seems to be especially significant in Poland, where the attitude towards Romanticism has recently been changing. It is also claimed that not only should the reception of Dark Romanticism in contemporary literature be further analysed but it is likewise important to pay more attention to the problem of Polish reception of Dark Romanticism in the nineteenth century, as this may render novel interpretations of some works that could shed a new light on Polish Romanticism.

Dialektologia białoruska

Author(s): Nina Barszczewska,Mirosław Jankowiak / Language(s): Polish,Belarussian

"Belarusian dialectology" is a study which provides the reader with reliable, up-to-date and research-based information about Belarusian dialects, their origin, range and diversification. The authors' aim is to show the reader the richness and diversity of Belarusian dialects, their position and role in the culture and life of contemporary people as well as current language tendencies in Belarus.

Droga Szymona Budnego do krytycznego wydania Nowego Testamentu z 1574 roku

Author(s): Arleta Łuczak / Language(s): Polish

This work is devoted to the translations of the New Testament by Szymon Budny – an eminent sixteenth-century Polish writer, and outstanding linguist and biblical scholar of the Reformation. At first a Calvinist, Budny then became an Arian activist. The book's its purpose is to describe the changing progression taking place in the three editions of Budny’s translations of the New Testament from 1570, 1572 and 1574. To this end, I perform a philological analysis of these texts in comparison to other biblical Polish translations of the 16th century (mainly to the Calvinist Brest Bible of 1563 and to the 1568 New Testament, which was modelled on it) as well as to Greek and Latin texts. The dynamic process of shaping the changes in succeeding translations of the New Testament, which Budny constantly improved and perfected, is most evident in his critical edition of the New Testament from 1574. Here, the author was able to present the results of his search for the authentic, i.e. correct and error-free, original text, a search which he based on multiple sources. He also expressed his position regarding the method of translation and theological interpretation (which corresponded to his confession).

Dynamika rozwoju gwar słowiańskich w XXI wieku

Author(s): / Language(s): Slovak,Russian,Czech,Polish,Ukrainian

The intensive and rapid civilizational development of the last decades has marked its presence in all areas of life in Europe. The changes to the conditions of life and work as well as effects of globalization have affected the rural environments in particular. This gave rise to the idea of organizing an interdisciplinary conference which would provide an opportunity to discuss the problems of rural areas from the perspective of different approaches, including especially linguistics. An effect of this meeting of linguists, sociologists, museologists and anthropologists is the presented collection of articles which allow for seeing the language change we are observing in a wider context.

Dynamika współczesnego słownictwa słowiańskiego w przestrzeni stylowo-funkcjonalnej

Author(s): / Language(s): Slovak,English,Bulgarian,Russian,Polish,Slovenian,Ukrainian,Belarussian,Greek, Modern (1453-)

This volume of studies by Polish and international linguists is devoted to changes in modern Slavic languages, which are especially noticeable in the spheres of vocabulary and word formation. Taking into consideration the stylistic and functional aspect of lexis development allows for a better understanding of the dynamics of language change and the efficacy of communicational acts. The purposeful and pragmatic character of communicational behaviour manifests itself widely in the social, political and cultural contexts considered by the Authors. The works comprising the volume are divided into three thematic sections: - Phenomena, processes and tendencies in the development of specialist lexis (terminology); - Word formation and lexical mechanisms dynamics; - Lexical change in modern language communication and discourse. The sections help organize the volume by highlighting the dominant theme in particular texts. The scopes of the sections are, nevertheless, not sharply delineated – each section is to an equal extent devoted to the complex and multifaceted subject-matter of the tendencies and changes in modern Slavic vocabulary. Most of the works comprised in the volume adopt a contrastive approach, the remaining ones can serve as bases for contrastive studies. The text analyse the rich material of the Slavic languages – Polish, Czech, Slovak, Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Slovene – as well as of other languages, like Modern Greek.

Gwary białoruskie na Łotwie w rejonie krasławskim. Studium socjolingwistyczne

Author(s): Mirosław Jankowiak / Language(s): Polish,Belarussian

"Belarusian dialects in Latvia, Kraslav region" looks into the sociolinguistic situation of people speaking different varieties of Belarusian in an area that is a sui generis borderland of borderlands, where the Balts (Latvians, Latgalians, Lithuanians) live together with the Slavs (Russians, Poles, Belarusians, Ukrainians), and numerous religions (Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, Lutheranism and Old Believers) co-exist. All of these factors resulted throughout history in the development of a multilingualism that is much more complex than in other borderlands. The Kraslav region is a place where three languages (Latvian, Russian and Polish) and numerous dialects (Latgalian, Belarusian and Polish of the Northern Borderlands) co-exist and intermingle.

Gwary Mazur wschodnich w XIX wieku (na podstawie ankiet Georga Wenkera do Niemieckiego atlasu językowego)

Author(s): Dorota Krystyna Rembiszewska / Language(s): Polish,German

This book is devoted to the discussion of questionnaires for the German Linguistic Atlas (Deutscher Sprachatlas), designed by Georg Wenker (1852–1911), a librarian working in Marburg. The present study offers a linguistic analysis of replies to Wenker’s questionnaire collected in eighty locations in eastern Mazuria – the Ełk, Gołdap and Olecko districts. Although the questionnaire had been designed to explore German dialects, it was possible to identify Polish dialectal features and to conduct a partial reconstruction of the state of Mazurian dialects of Polish in the easternmost part of the historical province of East Prussia in the nineteenth century. Wenker’s survey material is a unique set of data from the period which provides a broad perspective on local dialects of eastern Mazuria, a peripheral area which had a limited contact with the general Polish language for a long time, did not have much connection with Polish cultural and political life, and was characterised by the penetration of the German language.

Języki słowiańskie dziś: w kręgu kategorii, struktur i procesów

Author(s): / Language(s): Bulgarian,Russian,Czech,Polish,Slovenian,Ukrainian

The volume “Slavic Languages Today: Categories, Structures and Processes” is a festschrift dedicated to Professor Małgorzata Korytkowska. Thematically it also partly stems from her works but encompasses a slightly wider scope of linguistic issues, including semantics, syntax, word formation, contrastive studies, lexicology and lexicography, language resources and translation studies. Separate chapters describe these issues in respect to modern Slavic languages and sometimes in comparison within (or in some cases outside) the group. They often highlight the role of semantics and syntax as core components of linguistic investigations, and present some complex relations between distinct language layers (such as word formation and syntax). The volume contains over twenty interesting contributions devoted to several linguistic issues in modern Slavic languages and authored by renowned Slavists from Poland and abroad.

Konstrukcje i destrukcje tożsamości

Tom V. Granice stare i nowe

Author(s): / Language(s): Russian,Polish

The volume brings together papers devoted to the constructions and destructions of identity that resulted from the changing of borders – both the old ones, long established and sometimes forgotten, and the new, recently drawn-up ones. Taking up this topic was inspired by fieldwork conducted by linguists, anthropologists and historians, who clearly indicate that formally long inexistent borders continue to live in the consciousness of the communities that neighbour them, and continue to find reflection in linguistic and cultural phenomena. Such formulation of the topic requires an interdisciplinary approach, which is why the volume features papers by scholars representing multiple disciplines.