Dalej niż daleko. Znaczenie geograficznego usytuowania Australii we wspomnieniach Seweryna Korzelińskiego i Bolesława Dolańskiego

Author(s): Magdalena Bąk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The aim of the article is to analyse the way in which Seweryn Korzeliński and Bolesław Dolański describe the geographical location of Australia (the distance that separates it from Europe). In many reports from Australia and literary texts describing the continent, written either before or after Korzeliński’s and Dolański’s memoirs, the distance that separates Australia from Europe is considered the main characteristic feature that determines the way in which other Australian phenomena are regarded. The article discusses the interesting way in which the two authors present Australian geographical location and the purpose this literary interpretation serves in their memoirs.

Mitologia pogranicza. Australia i Stany Zjednoczone Sygurda Wiśniowskiego

Author(s): Wacław Forajter / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The article discusses the concept of ‘borderland’ in selected works by Sygurd Wiśniowski: a 19th century Polish traveller who encountered the territorial and cultural expansion of the white settlers in Australia and North America. The author of the article aims to present both the specificity and the complexity of ‘borderland phenomenon’ as described by Wiśniowski. The author concentrates also on absent or omitted elements in Wiśniowski’s discourse (which can be observed in his attitude towards the native inhabitants and women) and reveals Wiśniowski’s utopian ideas (such as equality of opportunity).

Wizerunki Australii w twórczości i doświadczeniu migracyjnym Adama Fiali. Sytuacja pisarza polskiego na emigracji w Australii

Author(s): Teresa Podemska-Abt / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

Along the lines of the so-called multicultural discourse and socio-political milieu in Australia, the article is concerned with Adam Fiala’s literary and non-literary imageries of Australia and also deals with the relation of Fiala’s poetic and prose themes to various realities of Australia. Given that Australia as a host country determines/influences writers’ life and work, the article seeks to discover possible spaces in which the Polish writer-migrant/his work and his characters/narrators/voices are positioned (and/or positioning themselves) to function and/or to domesticate Australia. Both the Polish writer-migrant’s life in Australia and his literary scenarios are explained with some thought of migrancy and migrant/border narrative’ notions.

Varia: Moda na małe? Innowacyjność śląskiej mikrologii literackiej

Author(s): Ewelina Suszek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The author of the article has been inspired by Wallerstein’s theory of ‘systems-worlds’, especially by the opposition between cultural centre (innovative, because it is able to produce popular scientific theories) and periphery (only testing such theories). At the starting point she is also willing to trust the notion of Richard Florida („What is interesting happens aside”). In the article she asks if Silesian literary ‘micrology’ may become a popular strategy of interpretation. The author claims that trends in science are closely connected with innovation and she describes literary ‘micrology’ in terms of Ryszard Nycz’s definition of innovation. The author suggests that Silesian literary ‘micrology’ (focused on what is small, apparently insignificant, disappearing) results from certain trends. Is it possible, however, that ‘micrology’ that is trying to avoid repetition (a crucial element of innovation) can become trendy itself?

Varia: „Grzeczność wszystkim należy, lecz każdemu inna”. O wielości odmian grzeczności językowej

Author(s): Małgorzata Kita / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The diversity of language etiquette forms has already been noted by linguists (the author presents the evolution of the way it has been defined in their works). However, this issue does not appear very often in the works of scholars. The article aims at presenting several different types of politeness that have been defined on the basis of various different criteria. For example the substance of expression, which involves distinguishing between two types of politeness: one expressed in language and the other expressed by non-linguistic means. Another criterion refers to social commonness and according to this criterion we can distinguish between elementary politeness, courtesy and formal etiquette. Diversity of language etiquette can be regarded as resulting form the pragmatic features of a speaker. Culture-based differentiation enables us to talk about ‘traditional’ and ‘new’ politeness. According to the author, teaching different types of language etiquette is an important part of teaching Polish as a foreign language.

Recenzje: Język polski w krainie kangurów. Recenzja książki Roberta Dębskiego: „Dwujęzyczność angielsko-polska w Australii. Języki mniejszościowe w dobie globalizacji i informatyzacji”

Author(s): Aleksandra Zok-Smoła / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

Recenzje: O(d)słanianie tajemnic „kraju w dole globusa”. Recenzja książki Magdaleny Bąk: „Gdzie diabeł (tasmański) mówi dobranoc. Wizerunek Australii w literaturze polskiej”

Author(s): Agnieszka Nęcka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

Recenzje: Skalpelem i piórem. Recenzja książki „Literatura piękna i medycyna”

Author(s): Agnieszka Wójtowicz-Zając / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

Przeglądy: Półka filmowa 2015

Author(s): Agnieszka Tambor / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The article presents the summary of the 2015 season of Polish filmmaking. All movies mentioned in the article are chosen and described according to that which would be interesting for a foreigner or a person who studies Polish as a foreign language. The following films are described here: “Król życia”, “Chemia”, “Obce niebo”, “Demon”, “Klub włóczykijów”, „Panie Dulskie”, „Disco polo”, „Listy do M. 2”, „Moje córki krowy”, „Mur”.

Przeglądy: Półka literacka 2015

Author(s): Agnieszka Nęcka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The article presents the most important and the most interesting prose and poetry publications that appeared in 2015. Last year was marked by a dominance of well-known authors (such as Janusz Anderman, Sylwia Chutnik, Michał Witkowski, Łukasz Orbitowski, Andrzej Sosnowski, Krzysztof Varga, Zenon Fajfer, Marta Podgórnik, Tadeusz Pióro, Marcin Świetlicki) and proved that books that consider identity problems can gain positive readers’ response.

Sprawozdania: W Indonezji już mówią po polsku. Uniwersytet Śląski na targach EHEF i na indonezyjskich uniwersytetach

Author(s): Agnieszka Tambor,AGATA RUDZIŃSKA / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

Sprawozdania: Polonistyka elitarna i powszechna. Refleksje po II Kongresie Dydaktyki Polonistycznej

Author(s): Anna Guzy,Diana Jagodzińska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

Płeć i pochodzenie a stosunek do wyrażania czułych słów w bliskich związkach

Author(s): Wojciech Oronowicz,Julia Pleszka,Joanna Nerko,Bettina Begner / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2016

Romantic partners tend to use tender words, which have a special meaning for them. This fact is well-known to the researchers, however, the influence of the sex and the country of origin on the use of tender words in close relationships has not been studied so far. Comparison between groups of 66 Poles and 32 German men and women has been performed. Our goal was to analyze the attitude of the participants towards the use of tender words in close relationship. Our results revealed many differences between the groups, which leads to a supposition that there are differences in the role of tender words in close relationships among different cultures.

Зденка Рибарова на 70 години

Author(s): Tatyana Ilieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 31/2015

Obraz(y) zawodu nauczyciela w opiniach internautów (wokół listu otwartego MEN do rodziców i opiekunów)

Author(s): Diana Jagodzińska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 24/2015

The article presents the results of research into the linguistic and cultural image of a teacher in the Polish society. It begins with a brief discussion of the role of teachers in social and educational systems. Afterwards, it moves on to describing the causes of a crisis of trust in the educational system and the weakening of teacher’s authority. The analyses presented here have been carried out on the basis of opinions posted under an article discussing an open letter addressed to parents and guardians published by the Ministry of Education in the online edition of “The Rzeczpospolita” daily. The resulting image of a teacher was patchy, and the differences in the attitude to the profession stemmed from views on social equality, education, and balanced working time. The opinions often expressed temporary emotions and frustrations of people forming them.

Związki frazeologiczne z komponentem GŁOWA w słownikach szkolnych oraz uczniowskich eksplikacjach

Author(s): Emilia Czarnota / Language(s): Polish Issue: 24/2015

The present article attempts to review collocations with the somatic component of GŁOWA , included in the contemporary dictionaries selected for usage at schools. Its authoress presents and evaluates the students’ explanations of several idioms with the aforementioned component. The article ends with proposed teaching requirements, pointing to the need for a reliable selection and description of phraseological units in the dictionaries as well as for further work on the understanding of the importance of collocations at school.

Wartość stylistyczna spójników w wybranych podręcznikach do kształcenia językowego na III etapie kształcenia

Author(s): Aleksandra Zok-Smoła / Language(s): Polish Issue: 24/2015

The authoress analyses function words (conjunctions) occurring in the Polish language textbooks for middle schools, taking into account their stylistic mark. As the reference point for her analysis, she has chosen the classification of conjunctions according to the stylistic criteria created by Andrzej Markowski. The article examines examples of conjunctions that appear in the informative reading material and exercises included in the textbooks. It determines the occurrence frequency of neutral, literary, obsolete, colloquial, formal, solemn, and humorous conjunctions, as well as the contexts of use and types of exercises, in which the textbook authors place their connectives.

Приноси на проф. Любомир Милетич за изучаване на историята на българския език и срещу опитите тя да бъде крадена

Author(s): Georgi Mitrinov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3-4/2013

Conference Report

Дмитрий Буланин на 60 години

Author(s): Anisava Miltenova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 26/2013

Жак Фьойе на 70 години

Author(s): Ivan G. Iliev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 25/2012