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. Students get to understand problems as: Changes in word meanings in contemporary Polish. Semantic relations between words: synonymy, antonymy, conversion, complementarity. Polysemy and homonymy. Types of homonyms. Phraseologisms against the background of Polish vocabulary. Typologies of phraseological compounds. New idioms in Polish language (thematic fields and sources). Phraseology and cultural changes. Contemporary Polish vocabulary as the mirror of culture. Language picture of world in the Polish vocabulary.

Formy i normy, czyli poprawna polszczyzna w praktyce, red. K. Mosiołek-Kłosińska, Warszawa 2015.

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.

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

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

J.D. Apresjan, Semantyka leksykalna. Synonimiczne środki języka, wyd. II, Wrocław 2000.

D. Buttler, Koncepcje pola znaczeniowego, „Przegląd Humanistyczny” 1967, z. 2.

D. Buttler, Odmiany polskiej homonimii, „Poradnik Językowy” 1971, z. 1–2.

D. Buttler, Rozwój semantyczny wyrazów polskich, Warszawa 1978.

D. Buttler, Struktura znaczeniowa wyrazów, „Prace Filologiczne” 1976, t. XXVI.

D. Buttler, Typy łączliwości leksykalnej wyrazów, „Prace Filologiczne” 1975, t. XXV.

R. Grzegorczykowa, Wprowadzenie do semantyki językoznawczej, wyd. III, Warszawa 2001.

J. Lyons, Wstęp do językoznawstwa, rozdz. 10.2–10.4 (synonimia, hiponimia, niezgodność, antonimia, komplementarność, niezgodność), Warszawa 1975.

M. Majewska, Homonimy i homonimia w opisie językoznawczym, Warszawa 2002.

B. Nowakowska, Nowe połączenia wyrazowe we współczesnej polszczyźnie, Kraków 2005.

J. Radwańska, Relacje konwersji leksykalnej w języku polskim, „Język Polski” 1992, z. 2.

E. Rudnicka, Znaczenia wyrazów – przegląd i charakterystyka typów, kwestie wątpliwe, „Przegląd Humanistyczny” 2003, z. 2.

R. Tokarski Językowy obraz świata w metaforach potocznych [w:] Językowy obraz świata, red. J. Bartmiński Lublin 1990.

R. Tokarski, Słownictwo jako interpretacja świata [w:] Encyklopedia kultury polskiej XX wieku. Współczesny język polski, red. J. Bartmiński Lublin 2000.

+articles and books recommended by the teacher

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;

- explains and assesses lexical phenomena in contemporary Polish language;

- defines and identifies types of formal and semantic relations between words;

- recognize relations between lexical and cultural changes.

Test (at least 60% 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).Two absences per semester are allowed. Above this number (excluding cases immediately documented) there is no possibility to pass classes.