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The paper focuses on an interactional cognitive model of linguistic meaning (Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk 1987, 1996) and a re-conceptualization of an original SL message as received by the TL addressee in an SL to a TL communication (Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk 2010). Meaning is assumed to be constructed and emerge with the flow of discourse, forming a blended entity, which combines, in the case of monolingual...
The article presents the results of deliberations on the specific genre of texts which is named as "a preface" or "a foreword in a scientific monograph". These deliberations are complemented with the results of a linguistic analysis of specific texts representing this genre. Generally, each text of this type consists of: (i) a title page, (ii) a table of contents, (iii) a foreword/...
The article discusses certain aspects of human communication viewed from the perspective of the anthropocentric language theory developed by F. Grucza. In the first part the author presents general principles of the anthropocentric language theory and explains the ontological status of language as an inherent attribute of a man. Along with two other inherent attributes of homo sapiens, i.e. its individual...
The article describes the phenomenon of pilot-controller communication as it is crucial for aviation safety. The author draws reader's attention to the fact that the communication in question is not always correct and it often fails leading to aviation accidents. In the fi rst part of the paper the problem and a short overview of research on aviation language are presented. Then the author discusses...
The aim of this paper is to present the functional and holistic approach to translation studies. The point of departure constitute the tenets of anthropocentric translation studies laid down by F. Grucza and subsequently developed by, inter alia, S. Grucza and B.Z. Kielar who discussed them in their publications. The paper presents and discusses the holistic model of translation studies, in which...
The subject matter of this paper is the stock exchange communication which is far from being a homogeneous area of analysis. Here, we make an attempt at providing an outline of characteristic features of the stock exchange communication from the perspective of official discourse level. As such, the ongoing analysis is based on a corpus taken from such Polish media as "Parkiet" and "Puls...
The article focuses on the translator's socio-cognitive competence, which has an essential influence on the success in interpersonal linguistic acts of communication occurring in translation processes. This competence consists of pragmatic and cooperative skills supported by intelligent solutions (developed in interactions with participants of an act of communication) as well as by sensitivity and...
The development of communicative competence can be facilitated by the process of conscious reflection on using language for communicative purposes in a given context. Thus, an important goal of language education should be the development of communicative awareness. Unfortunately, pragmatic-discoursive aspects have not been given enough attention either in language curricula or in language teaching...
The aim of this paper is to introduce and discuss the concept of ‘communication controlling’ from a linguistic point of view and to present its application to tertiary didactics. First, an overview of the definitions of ‘controlling’ and ‘communication controlling’ is given. Second, the linguistic approach to communication controlling and to the competences of the communication controller is presented...
Effective everyday communication assumes more and more often at least an elementary knowledge of languages for special purposes. The scientific reflection on languages for special purposes, especially in the context of linguistic considerations and, to a lesser extent, glottodidactic, conducted some time quite extensively. This, however, does not translate into concrete actions aimed at effectiveness...
The aim of the article is to have a closer look at the selected modern schoolbook texts used in the process of teaching/learning at the Polish secondary school. The analysis of the above-mentioned material seems interesting and important because of the fact that the system of education in Poland has been under the constant change for almost 15 years, teenage students and the society are changing,...
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 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...
One of the conditions for the effectiveness of guarantees attributed to peoples by international environmental law is their proper communication aimed at enabling these peoples to participate in the management of public affairs. The essence of communication with indigenous peoples is to obtain their consent to undertake operations that may carry a risk of harm to the environment. Communication with...
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