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At present, air travel is on the increase. People spend more and more time at airports and on airplanes, which have become one of the fastest and most important means of transport in today’s world. Although English is the language of aviation, one can communicate at airports and on planes also in (almost) every other language. In this paper attention is directed to the Dutch language of aviation,...
The “Banter Principle” describes cases in which an offensive utterance (for example: DT: “Du Arsch!” or PL: “Ty draniu”) is not addressed by the speaker to the interlocutor with an offensive intention, but it is intended to be an expression of admiration which reinforces the relationship with the Addressee. In addition, use of such language reinforces social ties, i.e. identity and a sense of affiliation...
The article presents flyers informing about a cultural event as a written form of communication between the organizer of the event and the potential audience. The aim of the flyer is just to inform about cultural events and encourage the potential audience to come to see it. It represents various branches of culture, such as theatre, music, film and art, reflecting the cultural life of a big city...
It is very important for every translator of specialised texts to be aware of the differences between German, Austrian and Swiss specialised vocabulary. Unfortunately, the terminological differences between the German standard and its variants of equal value used in Austria and German-speaking Switzerland are still not sufficiently reflected in many German-Polish general and specialised dictionaries...
This paper is devoted to the writing process and its cognitive effects. Starting with a brief historical overview, the author proceeds to discuss multiple aspects of cognitive properties of the human being involved in the process of writing with the focus on language, memory and thinking. Since writing requires concerted cognitive efforts and the application of the writer’s numerous skills at each...
In my article I present Otto Gierke’s attempt to construct the phenomenon of legal entities using the means of analogy. The point of departure for my deliberations, in which I try to demonstrate the nature of metaphorical expressions used in building legal theories, is the speech given by Otto Gierke at the inauguration of his holding the post of university rector on 15 October 1902. The position...
Modern language professionals’ intellectual autonomy: The relationship between theory and practice and the role of the dialogue in modern language professions
The paper examines the acquaintance with chosen on-line dictionary types among students of German studies. It is essential to answer the questions: Do the students use digital dictionaries in case of communi-cative difficulties in a foreign language? In which circumstances? Which ones do they prefer and why, especially whether they choose paper or electronic dictionaries and which devices they use...
The aim of the article is to determine the similarities and differences in the conceptualization of selected names of fruits in modern Polish and Russian language. The similarities and differences mentioned were determined through the comparative analysis which was conducted on the basis of the theory of the linguistic worldview developed by Polish researchers such as J. Bartmiński and R. Tokarski...
The theme of the article is a description of possibilities of articulating a directive speech act. The author makes the form of expressing a DEMAND conditional on non-linguistic relationships between participants of a communication act. Based on the degree of interlocutors’ interdependence the form of a DEMAND may be the one of superiority, subordination or symmetry. The article describes various...
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