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Formation of the Slavic Collection and its Evolution: a Case Study of the Polish Holdings at the University of Manitoba

Author(s): Magdalena Blackmore,James Kominowski / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2023

The Slavic Collection at the University of Manitoba comprises over 70,000 volumes of books, periodicals, newspapers, and microfilms. It was created in 1949 following the founding of the Department of Slavic Studies that same year. This article focuses on Polonica – the Polish-language materials – available in the collection, its provenance, and potential associated research themes. Four examples of works/bodies of works from the collection are examined as a case study, including two rare books, the Polish Amateur Theatre Pamphlet Collection, published between 1902 and 1947 in Poland and the United States, and the Polish-language newspaper “Czas”, which is the oldest surviving Polish-language newspaper in Canada. These unique resources reflect wider trends in the evolution of the Polish community in Manitoba, while serving as an illustration of collaboration between the Polish community and the UM academic institution.

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The cultural themed broadcasts by Zygmunt Haupt at Voice of America, 1951–1960

Author(s): Barbara Krupa / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2023

The article discusses the cultural themed broadcasts prepared by a Polish emigree writer and painter, Zygmunt Haupt (1907–1975) for Voice of America in a period between 1951 and 1960. The collection of almost 600 works in total is a major part of Haupt’s archive housed at the Special Collection at Stanford University Libraries in California entitled Zygmunt Haupt Papers, 1939–1976. It includes overviews of specific series and details on individual pieces that were focused on literature, music, art, organizations, events and cultural phenomena in the country, and in exile, in Western Europe and the United States. Even though Haupt was an employee of a government agency and was involved in ideological warfare, he was able to use his writing and painting skills to enrich the presented information. In his broadcasts, he imprinted a personal stamp: an attempt to convey to listeners something valuable, universal and non-propagandistic.

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Mihály Munkácsy’s Blind Milton Dictating Paradise Lost to His Daughters: Contemporary Views

Author(s): Bogdan Horbal / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2023

At the pick of his career, Mihály Munkácsy (1844–1900) was seen in the first rank of living artists. Many of his works were acquired by American collectors, including Blind Milton Dictating “Paradise Lost” to His Daughters. This large work had been displayed in many European cities before it arrived in New York City to be permanently displayed at the Lenox Library, the predecessor of the New York Public Library. The article discusses the marketing and the reception of the painting in the late 19th century.

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Access to Resources and Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Old Believers in North America: a Case Study of an Online Bibliography

Author(s): Heghine Hakobyan / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2023

This article discusses the history of the development and significance of the “Old Believers Bibliography in North America”, a digital resource dedicated to the documentation and preservation of the cultural legacy of Old Believers in North America. It addresses how this comprehensive digital bibliography provides access to a broad range of resources, including scholarly articles, historical documents, and multimedia content, pertinent to the study of Old Believer communities. The article highlights the role of this online platform in enhancing research accessibility, facilitating academic scholarship, and promoting cultural preservation as well as underlines the bibliography’s impact on both scholarly research and community awareness of Old Believers. It reflects on the broader implications of digital bibliographies in preserving intangible cultural heritage and fostering diverse historical narratives.

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Primary sources on the trajectories of Polish-Jewish refugees during World War II at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Author(s): Katharina Friedla / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2023

The Hoover Institution Library and Archives at Stanford University has become an international hub for research and documentation. With more than a million volumes and 6,000 archival collections on war, revolution, and peace, it serves as one of the biggest knowledge repository worldwide.The holdings contain the most extensive and comprehensive documentation related to modern Polish history outside of Poland. Among them are rich and unique collections of primary diplomatic, philanthropic, memoiristic, visual, and other sources. The article outlines the most valuable sources and their collections on the trajectories of Polish Jewish refugees during World II. The very brief presentation of the up-to-date unexplored sources indicates that the growing research on Polish and Polish Jewish war refugees still has the potential to be expanded.

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Library and book studies journals of the first half of the twentieth century within the Czech lands

Author(s): Agnieszka Łuszpak / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2023

Professional and scientific periodicals intended for library employees make a significant contribution to the development of librarianship and the evolution of book science. Therefore, the aim of the article was to outline the panorama of periodicals of library communities in the Czech lands in the first half of the 20th century. The reasons for the creation of individual titles, their authors, structure and other formal elements were presented. The topic of four professional periodicals was also discussed: "Českeho knihovnictví", "Knihy", "Knih a knihoven" and "Časopisu Československých Knihovniků" and one scientific journal - "Slovanskej KnihovědyProfessional and scientific periodicals dedicated to the library workers definitely contribute to the development of librarianship and evolution of the book studies. Therefore, the aim of this article was to draw a landscape of the journals for the library community within the Czech lands in the first half of the twentieth century. The reasons of establishing individual titles, their authors, structure, and other formal features were presented. The subjects of four professional journals were also discussed, namely: ‘Česke knihovnictví’, ‘Kniha’, ‘Knihy a knihovny’, and ‘Časopis československých knihovniků’, and one scientific journal – ‘Slovanska knihověda’.

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Listy Friedricha Pfeiffera, bibliotekarza Biblioteki Miejskiej we Wrocławiu, do Theodora Langnera, bibliotekarza Wallenberg-Fenderlinsche Bibliothek zu Landeshut na Śląsku

Author(s): Anna Just / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2023

Present paper contains edition of correspondence between Friedrich Pfeiffer (1827–1893), librarian of the Municipal Library in Wrocław and Theodor Langner (fl. 1870–1882), librarian of the Wallenberg-Fenderlinsche Library in Landeshut (currently Kamienna Góra). Letters in question were written, when Library was being completely reorganized, and Th. Langer, with the assistance of F. Pfeiffer, was working on a classified catalogue of this collection. Both librarians describe circumstances of catalogue’s composition and point difficulties they faced with.

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POV Shots in Light of Cognitive Grammar

Author(s): Mircea Valeriu Deaca / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

The paper applies Ronald Langacker’s Cognitive Grammar notions to cinematic editing constructions. Notions like head, complement, autonomous and dependent structures and the concept of elaboration site (e-site) are applied to editing constructions. The e-site represents a schematic region in the situation evoked by a simulation, and plays the role of a simulator and a goal concept. Simulations can contain schematic components that only partially represent entities and event frames, not just detailed representations of them. Starting from grammatical constructions, we will detail the couplings between control models in sequences of POV shots. The visual expression is a composite structure that “inherits’ its profile from a component structure. Different construals and constructional schemas are instantiated by the juxtapositions of shots.The e-site plays the role a goal-concept. Goal-derived categories constitute the mappings between roles in event sequences, and instantiations in the environment. As structures of these mappings emerge, the conceptual system becomes organized around the action–environment interface (Barsalou 2003: 522). Since conceptual representations are dynamically contextualized to support diverse courses of goal pursuit, situated conceptualizations support conceptual inferences via pattern completion. When one part of a situated conceptualization is perceived, the remainder of the conceptualization becomes active, constituting inferences about the current situation. In short, the e-site can be defined as a summary conceptualization that inhabits a schematic region of a simulation, and prompts the film viewer to construct concepts that will categorize other components down the chain of a sequence of shots.In this paper, I describe different semantic construals evoked by a POV sequence of shots. The claim is that sequences of shots are conceptual systems bound by circular loops at several levels. Several configurations of the system coexist and the viewer has the executive control necessary for implementing alternative meaning construals.

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Aspecte ale neologiei în terminologia filozofică românească actuală

Author(s): Emilia Ababei Cioloca / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2023

Fenomenul de neologizare masivă prin împrumuturi din limba franceză de la începutul secolului al XIX-lea a transformat limba română la nivelul terminologiei filozofice, iar globalizarea și ascensiunea limbii engleze ridică întrebări asupra acesteia. Filozofia, având un raport intim cu istoria identitară, devine teren predilect pentru împrumuturi și interconectivitate interlingvistică. Conceptul de neologism, abordat în contextul limbii române, relevă aspecte formale, semantice și pragmatice. Distincția între neologism și neonim subliniază stabilitatea acestora din urmă, cu formare în baza rădăcinilor greco-latine. Neologismele de sursă franceză din lexicul filozofic românesc actual reflectă adaptabilitatea limbii la schimbările din societate și complexitatea terminologiei filozofice.

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Political Cartoons in the Context of the Russian-Ukrainian War. The Image of President Putin

Author(s): Andreea Nicoleta Soare / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

This paper analyzes the image of president Vladimir Putin in the cartoons related to the Russian-Ukrainian war, published on the news websiteusnews.com. I will categorize the cartoons starting from the most frequent hypostases of Vladimir Putin since the start of the war, as presented by the cartoonists. The focus will be on the relation between the text and the image(graphic elements) and how it contributes to the final interpretation of the message.

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Technology and Control from Dystopian Literature to the Present Day

Author(s): Francisc Horvath / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

When watching a sci-fi movie or reading a book, people often wonder if those things they find out will be possible in the future. Things that seemed impossible 100 years ago are possible today due to technology. Nevertheless, does this advancement in technology mean only comfort? This article aims to study the topic of technology and control in three dystopian novels. Also, a second objective is constructing an imaginary bridge over time by finding analogies of what it seemed SF for the writers of dystopian novels and what we live today. Accordingly, what writers like Huxley, Orwell, and Bradbury considered the control of people through technology now exists, and it is mundane stuff.

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Linguistic Devices in Rabindranath Tagore’s Poetry

Author(s): Mariana Coancă / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

Rabindranath Tagore, although not strictly a Bhakti poet, frequently delves into spiritual and philosophical themes in his writings. The corpus contains 15 poems from the Gitanjali collection translated in English by Tagore himself. The linguistic devices employed in the analyzed poems contribute to their thematic richness. These include repetitions of wh- words and phrases, highlighting commitment and persistence. Metaphors convey immersive musical experiences, intimate connections between devotion and action, and the fleeting nature of time. Rhetorical questions challenge traditional forms of worship, while symbolic words and enjambment enhance continuity and rhythm. Descriptive modifiers, such as adjectives and adverbs, evoke vivid imagery and contribute to the overall aesthetic. Tagore’s linguistic prowess, demonstrated through these devices, elevates his poems to timeless works that bridge cultural boundaries.

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Lucian Blaga`s Poetic Style in Prose: The Chronicle and Song of Ages

Author(s): Mădălina-Steliana Deaconu / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

The present paper aims at giving a brief insight into Lucian Blaga`s poetic style in prose, as it is revealed by the figures of speech, mainly by metaphors. They are analyzed both from the cognitive linguistics point of view and from the traditional linguistics one. The first part of the paper is a general presentation of Lucian Blaga`s volume, The Chronicle and Song of Ages, the second part focuses on the cognitive analysis of some metaphors, identifying the cognitive metaphors and describing the metaphoric mapping, whereas the third part focuses on the traditional analysis of metaphors, identifying the linguistic metaphors and describing the metaphoric mechanism. The fourth part of the paper gathers the conclusions, bringing together the main ideas.

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Las variantes de traducción de un texto jurídico-económico y la importancia de los métodos de traducción de los contextos económicos: financiero-bancarios, comerciales, jurídico-administrativos, legales

Author(s): Loredana Miclea / Language(s): Spanish Issue: 2/2023

Globalization has made multilingual communication essential, as many interactions and transactions need the help of an interpreter or translator to be completed successfully. Furthermore, productivity is based on several factors, such as communication, which is possible in many languages. Translations intended for banking and financial service providers from all economic sectors are required because markets are developing rapidly. It is clear that the financial sector needs specialists with certain distinguished knowledge in the economic sector, because mistakes could be costly. That is why the phases of translation of a legal-economic text and the importance of translation methods in similar contexts: financial-banking, commercial, legal-administrative, legal, are essential. It is vital to investigate the legal-economic translations of: financial statements, bank documents, balance sheets and all types of financial-banking forms (payment orders, checks, account statements, payrolls); financial-banking contracts (credit contract, account contract); audit documentation (translation of specific audit operations, audit reports, planning reports, financial information audit forms); of economic procedures, so that transactions and communication are as secure and clear as possible for clients who speak a foreign language (translations of financial studies and analyzes respectively); of conferences and business meetings with financial analysts and investors.

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Aký je vid existenciálneho slovesa byť

Author(s): Ján Kačala / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 1/2025

Explanatory dictionaries of standard Slovak published since the second half of the 20th century in the entry for the verb to be uniformly state that the verb to be is imperfective and rarely also perfective. The question of the perfectiveness of the verb to be was raised by Štefan Peciar in his 1958 report, one year before the publication of the first volume of Slovník slovenského jazyka, in connection with the drafting of the entry for the word to be for the forthcoming explanatory dictionary. There he notes the rare occurrence of the verb to be as a perfective verb. On the other hand, the representative works – the collective Morphology of the Slovak Language (1966) and Pauliny‘s Slovak Grammar – mark the verb to be as monoaspectual imperfective. Explanatory dictionaries, however, have not taken this opinion into consideration. The author critically points out this inappropriate lexicographical tradition and confirms the monoaspectuality and imperfectiveness of the verb to be in Slovak. He also refers to the same situation in some other North Slavic languages.

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O ustaľovaní a variantnosti lexikálnej jednotky check-out a jej domácich ekvivalentov

Author(s): Romana Krolčíková / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 1/2025

The aim of this paper is to analyse the anglicism check-out and to describe its linguistic properties in the Slovak language. Our focus is not only on the orthographic and morphological adaptation of this foreign word, but also on its spelling variants check out and checkout. By corpus analysis of the word check-out we demonstrate how the adaptation process of foreign words depend on the linguistic system of the Slovak language and the needs of the users. We also focus on the Slovak equivalents of the word check-out, in particular, on the verbal noun odubytovanie, the verb odubytovať and the imperfective verb form odubytovávať. On a basis of a comparison of their frequency in the main corpus of written texts and the web corpus of the Slovak National Corpus we observe the variation, or the preference of borrowed and native words in selected corpora.

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„GRAVITACIONO POLJE“ KUR’ANSKOG TEKSTA I NJEGOV „POZITIVITET“

Author(s): Meysun Gharaibeh Simonović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 26/2024

Review of: Esad Duraković, Tekst i kontekst: nužnost reinterpretacije, Centar za napredne studije, Sarajevo, 2023

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Класификация и вариантност на устойчивите словосъчетания в българския език

Author(s): Vanya Zidarova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2024

Fixed expressions comprise a large, specific and diverse group of linguistic units which makes them a serious theoretical and lexicographical challenge. This article offers a review of the existing classifications. There is also a new model proposed – one which distinguishes between a core and a periphery. Manifestations of structural variability are also considered in two directions: in language and in speech. The observations are based on the corpus in one of the Bulgarian phraseological dictionaries.

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Portraits of War Refugees in Contemporary Polish Drama for Children

Author(s): Karolina Kaleta / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

From the perspective of the history of literature, war is a fundamental and crucial motif, present in a vast range of texts created by different cultures in different periods. Refugees are one of the brutal, yet usual, consequences of armed conflicts. However, neither the war nor its victims are commonly considered typical themes in dramas for children. Similarly to other so-called “difficult topics,” like death or illness, they used to be perceived as a certain taboo, absent from the art for the youngest audience. This paper aims to present different artistic strategies for portraying refugees and war victims in contemporary Polish drama for children. The analysis was based on practical examples and contains deeper insights into three texts written by the most frequently staged Polish playwrights. Although the article focuses on local dramaturgy, the context of adaptations of foreign literature was also included. The article is meant to fill the gap in the literature involving image of refugees in Polish theatre and drama for children, yet to be investigated.

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Ndikimet e koncepteve identitare në ato letrare

Author(s): Lumnije Jusufi / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 26/2024

The article examines the influence of identity concepts on Albanian literature, focusing on its limitations as a monolingual body of work. It highlights the exclusion of bilingual authors and works written in other languages, providing examples from the Ottoman period, Arbëresh literature, and contemporary diaspora writings, such as those by Pajtim Statovci and Elvira Dones. The orientation towards Western culture and the Latin script is discussed as a factor that has marginalized Ottoman and Oriental influences. Furthermore, the article addresses anti-migration sentiment and Albania's perceived cultural superiority over Albanians beyond its borders. Through an analysis of literary histories and school curricula, it is argued that Albanian identity concepts have shaped a centralized literary tradition, excluding the linguistic and cultural diversity of Albanian-speaking regions.

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