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In this article ‘text' is considered to be the basic unit of translation which can be observed empirically. In the context of the European Communities (EC), the Author also elaborates on the most important issues of ‘the languages for special purposes concerning European integration and the European Union (EU)' (according to F. Grucza). The translation of ‘derivative texts' is regarded as the translation...
The anthropocentric theory of human languages was created as a consequence of a question posed by F. Grucza concerning, firstly, the ontological status of what expressions such as „human language(s)" apply to, i.e. a question how exists this what we call in such a way, and secondly, a question, how the so-called „acquisition of language" takes place. From the ontological point of view these...
Language errors indisputably accompany the didactic process. The article is an attempt at comparing the approaches to language error in selected foreign language teaching methods, with the particular focus on its role in modern language teaching in which learner's autonomy has become one of the key points.
It is extremely difficult to defie the concept of interpreting strategies from a theoretical (description of interpreting process), practical (performing interpreting task) or didactic point of view (teaching how to solve interpreting problems). We are as yet unable to explicitly distinguish the features of such strategies that are characteristic of interpreting. In many studies strategies are commonly...
The discussion is aimed at directing both linguists' and educators' attention toward culture viewed as a competence building element of second language education. The presented point of view underscores the need for expanding linguistic competence by adding cultural competence to it, bearing in mind that language is an integral part of culture. Besides, the stress is put on such a knowledge shaping...
This article presents the outcome of my previous deliberations concerning texts on acts of law and languages for special purposes connected with them. The fundamental purpose of this article is to underline the fact that it is very urgent to create a special subfi eld of linguistics which should concentrate on systematic analysis of the texts of acts of law. I suggest that this subfield of linguistics...
Self-assessment of four basic language skills was researched in a group of 128 advanced students of Business English in two business schools. The study included questionnaire design and statistical analysis of the data. Additionally, the authors researched into the situations in which students use Business English. The research shows that speaking is the most difficult skill for all groups of respondents:...
The article presents matters pertaining to the determinant factors critical to the effectiveness of communication of the specialist – non-specialist type. User guide can be regarded as a primary means of communication provided that specific elements of the communication scheme are taken into consideration, such as a specific producer and recipient of the text, with knowledge potential and capabilities...
The present paper aims at defining, on the background of the institutionalization of Cultural Studies at Polish and German Universities and the animated discussion about its status as a new autonomous scientific discipline, the specific object, the goals and the methods of Cultural Science („Kulturwissenschaft") from the point of view of F. Grucza's Anthropocentric Theory of Language. According...
In this article, different scientific fields are approached, and their common elements are compared. One field is philosophy, in particular the Socratic method, which from the ancient Greek remained as a commonly used tool in a wide range of discussions. It is a method of pedagogy which poses a number of questions not only to draw individual answers, but also to encourage fundamental insight into...
The article presents the main directions of Polish research in the field of applied linguistics in its traditional sense. Moreover, it analyses the most significant achievements of the Polish linguists on the basis of the monograph Lingwistyka stosowana. Zarys jej historii, zadań i dokonań. (Applied Linguistics. History, objectives, achievements.) by Professor Franciszek Grucza. The first part discusses...
Readingand writing are the general modes of studying in the case of German studies and all the humanities. Creative writing is considered to be any form of writing e.g. fiction, poetry, or non-fiction that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Creative writing is usually taught in a workshop format rather than seminar style. In workshops...
The aim of the article consists of defining the indices of Free Indirect Speech on a lexical level which detect it in the body of a text as a distinguished type of represented discourse. The lexico-semantic peculiarities of Free Indirect Speech are analysed in fiction, in particular, in the genre of short story. Throughout, the illustrations are drawn from W.S. Maugham's short story "Outstation"...
The article presents Slavonic first names composed of two elements and single-stem names derived from common nouns in the anthroponymy of burgesses and peasants in the former voivodship of Volynia. Their etymology was presented together with the structure of hypocoristic forms. Attention was drawn to the original semantics of the Slavonic names and their functions as well as to their association with...
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