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The aim of this article is to discuss metascientifi c and metalinguistic vision of (applied) linguistics. The article consists of three parts. The first part describes the phrase „applied linguistics" and presents the meanings attached to this phrase by other authors. The second part presents the Author's answer to the question concerning science, i.e. the question with regard to distinctive...
Recent readings concerning discourse analysis, its aims, tasks and explicative potential support the thesis that there has been a lot of confusion around discourse analysis, especially around its subject scope. It seems that the confusion is mainly caused by lack of understanding of what it is that we refer to as "language" and how it exists. By ignoring the ontological answers concerning...
The subject of the article is related to the issue of construction and instruction in the didactics of foreign languages. Although instruction isn't a recommended approach, there are some instructive measures imposed in glottodidactics, such as teaching plans, handbooks, fixed time of classes, etc. On the other hand there is more and more construction in the methodological advice including learning...
The paper is devoted to language phenomena connected with new mass media and analyzes in detail text and its new image shaped by the context of the media. It also attempts to answer the question concerning the relevance of methodology of Text Linguistics in describing this undoubtedly new phenomenon. Taking into account the contemporary research into this area the paper focuses on the so-called hyper-texts...
In 2005 the Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków launched a two-year MA program in teaching Polish as a foreign language. This article discusses the MA curriculum, focusing especially on three types of courses: methodology of linguistic research, Polish linguistics and didactics of Polish as a foreign language compared to didactics of other foreign languages. The author...
In the didactic chain, the teacher influences the student with the help of specified utterances (here: texts) and specified didactic methods in such a way as to shape specific skills of the student. More precisely, the teacher influences the student in such a way that the student develops the skills which constitute the aim of the science. Thus, the didactic chain is characterised by interactivity...
According to the anthropocentric definition of information by F. Grucza (1997), information is to be perceived as a dynamic individual phenomenon rather than a spatially determined static mental entity. Stimuli impinging on the receptor's receptive field are identified by the receiver of a given piece of information as an individual phenomenon as well as categorized (on the basis of stimulus' distinctive...
The aim of the paper is to investigate certain semantic properties in texts dealing with acts of law from the point of view of F. Grucza's anthropocentric theory of human languages. The intention is to outline the problems experienced by people with no legal training and linguists investigating texts about the law. It will be shown how languages and texts used for specific purposes are defined from...
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...
Phraseological units are an integral part of foreign language teaching. The present paper is an attempt to improve and describe the state of selected errors made by learners when they use idioms as fixed and restricted word combinations in language. The aim of the paper is to explain selected errors in written texts produced by learners of German as a foreign language in the neophilological education...
This article is a reflection on the current discussion concerning the relation ‘language vs thinking'. It has been inspired by the book ‘O relacji między myślą a językiem. Studium krytyczne stanowisk utożsamiających myśl z językiem' [On the Relation between Thought and Language. A Critical Study of Approaches that Identify Thought and Language] by Arkadiusz Gut (published by Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego...
Different traditions in various research circles and writing cultures cause that similarly sounding concepts and terms are frequently understood and interpreted in different ways. Even within the German Studies, we may notice considerable differences in understanding certain terminology. The term discourse serves as a good example as it is one of the most frequently occurring and passionately discussed...
The article discusses the role of the age of onset of language acquisition in the early multilingualism. The differences between first language acquisition and adult second language acquisition have been established in the literature. The explanation of them is still under discussion. This paper aims at showing why the investigation of child second language acquisition is relevant for this issue....
The paper deals with mnemonic word sequences as sequences opposed to non-mnemonic word sequences and mnemonic non-verbal sequences. On the basis of both non-special and special mnemonics I analyse to what extent the mnemonic word sequences satisfy the criteria of textuality formulated by R.-A. de Beaugrande and W.U. Dressler: cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informativity, situationality,...
This article aims to give an overview of research into communication audits in companies conducted since 1954. It begins by discussing the role of communication and communicative rules in companies, and exploring the meaning of the term ‘communication audit'. It goes on to discuss the documents that present guidelines and procedures for carrying out communication audits. It attempts to define the...
Despite being known for a very long time, the toast as a non-literary genre still has been attracting re-searchers’ interest. The main reason for this interest is an enormous variety of this genre in terms of its topics and generic composition. Toasts are a part of etiquette consisting of linguistic behaviour and non-verbal effects serving as a kind of reference if interpretation problems arise. Toasts...
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,...
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