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The paper deals with a group of text genres in contemporary Polish, like prognoza (fo- recast), przepowiednia, proroctwo (prophecy), augury (wróżba) and horoskop (horoscope). These genres are deeply set in culture and their specifity is perfectly identified in so- cial linguistic conciousness. The most generał definition of the five genres can be as fol- lows: „I know that Y will happen/1 say this...
The article is a presentation of the previously undiscussed prayer book Dworskie nabożeństwo, published in 1781 in Kalisz, a city which has a long tradition of publishing, mainly connected with the activities of Jesuits. Currently there are 6 known copies of this anonymously published prayer book (commissioned for print “by a priest of the former order of The Society of Jesus”), including the one...
Piciorys (ang. story, personal story) to tekst autobiograficzny tworzony w trakcie terapii choroby alkoholowej, którego geneza związana jest z działalnością ruchu Anonimowych Alkoholików. W artykule podjęto próbę wstępnej charakterystyki gatunku sytuującą się w nurcie lingwistyki tekstu i dyskursu. Po zarysowaniu uwarunkowań pragmatycznych związanych z sytuacją komunikacyjną (mityng AA), wskazano...
The article is about the Polish version of Prayer for the Faithful Departed (Latin: Oratio pro fidelibus defunctis) in the contemporary prayer books. In the introduction, the origins of the text were described and the multitude of contexts it appears in was pointed out. Subsequently, its presence/absence in the prayer collections, surfacing titles and placement in differently profiled prayer book...
The article is devoted to sub-genres of religious texts: sermons, prayers, and religious songs, which are called occasional sermon (kazanie przygodne), occasional prayer (modlitwa przygodna), and occasional religious song (pieśń przygodna), respectively. These sub-genres are intended for situations not included in the liturgical calendar, which occur in normal everyday life. By applying a proper religious...
The paper deals with several genres of text connected with foretelling the future (so-called 'predictive genres') in contemporary popular culture, i.e. prediction, horoscope, dream book. The author claims that essential for its definition is the fact, taht the speaker foretells the future on the basis of interpretation of signs, which he/she observes in the present. The primary function of the 'predictive...
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