English Words Adopted and Used by Polish Graffiti Writers. A Review o f Socio-Linguistic Aspects

• Authors: Krawiec Marek
• Languages of publication: PL EN RU

Abstracts

EN

The issues presented in the article concern English loanwords and their role in the process of shaping a specific variety of the language which is characteristic of the subculture of Polish graffiti writers. The article describes various forms, styles and techniques by means of which young people signal their presence and express their thoughts and feelings. The paper is, first of all, an analysis of the linguistic component and an attempt of classifying English lexical units which are borrowed and most frequently used in the conversations of Polish graffiti writers. This study also concentrates on the categorization of the linguistic content which is adopted from the English language to various forms of Polish graffiti writings. The article presents the results of the survey which was conducted at the turn of April and May 2006. The obtained results suggest the widespread use of English words in the daily talk of Polish graffiti writers, the evidence of which comes from the quoted expressions and utterances that are applied by artists in their environment and their description of the so called "crime work". The article in the final part also enumerates the main factors which are believed to have a significant impact on such frequent use of English words among Polish graffiti writers.

Keywords

EN

graffiti; forms/styles; lexical borrowings; English loanwords; reasons for use

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Acta Neophilologica
• Year: 2007
• Issue: IX
• Pages: 53-63

Dates

published

2007

Contributors

author

Krawiec Marek

• Wielkopolska Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna

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Identifiers

ISSN

1509-1619