Culture of Polish Language

obligatory courses

Classroom

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with theoretical basics of normative linguistics and to master abilities to properly (i.e. correctly and consistently with ethical and courtesy principles) use the language. Participants get to know the most important growth trends of contemporary Polish language, and are equipped with tools allowing them to notice changes in the language, to make their own assessments, and to see relations between language and culture.

The aim of the lecture is to familiarize students with the most important growth trends of contemporary Polish language, including pronunciation, inflection, syntax and vocabulary, as well as with the mechanisms of language mistakes. Participants learn to be sensitive to aesthetic value and ethics of statements, principles of language courtesy as well as social, aesthetic and cognitive value of language. Students get to know basic terms of normative linguistics and get acquainted with the most important historic and contemporary publications codifying the language norm. They also learn about organizations institutionally involved in the language policy. Furthermore, they get to know opportunities and threats of Polish language in the globalizing world. Finally, they will understand the fundamental relations between language and culture.

Classes are devoted mainly to the development of culture of language in the subjective sense –students master in the ability to properly (i.e. conforming to the language norm) use the language. They also learn about main types of language mistakes and, assisted by the teacher, perform the correction of various contemporary texts.

Formy i normy, czyli poprawna polszczyzna w praktyce, red. K. Mosiołek-Kłosińska, Warszawa 2001.

H. Jadacka, Kultura języka polskiego. Fleksja. Słowotwórstwo. Składnia, Warszawa 2005.

T. Karpowicz, Kultura języka polskiego.Wymowa, ortografia, interpunkcja, Warszawa 2009.

A. Markowski, Kultura języka polskiego. Teoria. Zagadnienia leksykalne, Warszawa 2005.

A. Markowski, Język polski. Poradnik Profesora Andrzeja Markowskiego, Warszawa 2003.

M. Bugajski, Językoznawstwo normatywne, Warszawa 1993.

Nowy słownik poprawnej polszczyzny PWN, red. A. Markowski, Warszawa 1999.

J. Podracki, Słownik interpunkcyjny języka polskiego z zasadami przestankowania, Warszawa 1998.

J. Podracki, Słownik skrótów i skrótowców, Warszawa 1999.

Wielki słownik ortograficzno-fleksyjny, red. J. Podracki, Warszawa 2001.

Wielki słownik ortograficzny języka polskiego, red. A. Markowski, Warszawa 1999.

Wielki słownik ortograficzny PWN z zasadami pisowni i interpunkcji, red. E. Polański, Warszawa 2003.

A student:

- uses Polish language according to socially approved rules;

- adapts the choice of language means to circumstances, such as recipient’s abilities, social function;

- speaks effectively, clearly, convincingly, using numerous language means;

- identifies types of language mistakes and mechanisms of their formation, describes them using terminology of normative linguistics;

- analyzes contemporary Polish texts to make normative assessments and justifies these opinions about language and texts, performs the language correction of the text;

- recognizes basic growth trends of contemporary Polish language regarding pronunciation, inflection, syntax and vocabulary;

- defines basic terms of normative linguistics and uses them to assess language phenomena;

- builds texts meeting the requirements of ethics of speech, recognizes manipulative measures;

- uses language in accordance with the principles of language courtesy, identifies trends in the Polish language courtesy;

- uses Polish language, knowing that language is not only a communication tool, but the value of culture because of the language picture of world in the domestic verbal or grammatical structures;

- demonstrates concern of language, recognizes the phenomenon of vulgarization;

- while assessing the language, refers to contemporary correctness and codification publications.

Test (at least 50% correct answers required); the examination consists of questions related to the classes and to the lecture. To pass the exam it is necessary to pass classes and the lecture (short final test)