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The aim of this article is to analyse the components of the additional notes contained in Polish language messages sent on postcards in the second half of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century. The conducted examination is intended to identify the elements constituting the structure of the additional notes (i.e. the speech acts used most commonly there) and to determine the functions fulfilled by the individual components of the postscript. The stimulus for taking up this type of investigations was the fact that no research on correspondence sent on postcards had been carried out before. Overall, the analysis covered more than 2,600 postscripts separated from postcard messages. The study proves that constative statements as well as initiative and reactive speech acts are frequently found in the additional notes. It also points to the numerous functions the postscript or its individual components might play in a postcard letter. The polite and phatic functions come to the foreground, but the informative and emotional functions are also among the important ones.
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The paper constitutes an attempt to characterize functions, which postscript can fulfil in the letter. Theoretical arrangements concerning changing over the years rules of letters writing referring them to mentioned in the title source material – collection of letters written by Magdalena Radziwiłłowa in the 1st half of the 18th century are discussed in the paper. The aim of the paper was to verify the thesis whether presence of postscript in the letter was result of ineptness, or unfamiliarity with writing skills of the correspondent, or easiness of being influenced by emotions. The last cause used to be ascribed to women. The investigated source material proves that postscripts in the letters does not have to be disadvantage of the composition, but can constitute signs of planned action that helps to diversify content and exert a define influence on the addressee. Personality, intellect and linguistic competences of the letter’s sender condition the way of use of the postscript.
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