Language in use: An analysis of the discourse of purchasers and vendors in a Polish bazaar

• Authors: Krawiec Marek , Czuba Bartłomiej , Gęborys Katarzyna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The main aim of this paper is to discuss the notion of language viewed as a tool of communication of purchasers and vendors in a Polish bazaar. On the basis of scholarly literature and the material gathered in the conducted study the authors of this article emphasize an important role which language plays in the discourse of these two groups of people and identify a set of functions which language performs in exchanging information between them. It demonstrates how socio-economic reality is related to and reflected by means of language and how language as a tool helps members of the bazaar community (both sellers and buyers) to communicate messages and build relationships with each other. In order to exemplify how language is used in this particular social context, they provide evidence in the form of citations and eventually draw conclusions with regard to the subject in question.

Keywords

EN

language; discourse; functions; purchasers; vendors; Polish bazaar

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT – Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe
• Journal: Orbis Linguarum
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 53
• Pages: 191-207

Contributors

author

Krawiec Marek

• Wielkopolska Wyższa Szkoła Społeczno-Ekonomiczna, Środa Wielkopolska

author

Czuba Bartłomiej

• Wyższa Szkoła Filologiczna, Wrocław

author

Gęborys Katarzyna

• Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa, Wrocław

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Identifiers

DOI

10.23817/olin.53-12