RUSSIAN 'CHTO BYLO, TO BYLO', POLISH 'CO BYLO, TO BYLO': ARE THE RULES OF PRAGMATICS LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC?

• Authors: Zeldovich G.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

It is shown that the actual interpretation of the Russian set phrase 'Chto bylo, to bylo' (what was, was) and its Polish literal equivalent 'Co bylo, to bylo', which seem to be quite different, is determined not by disparity of pragmatic rules operative in each language (as submitted by Bulygina and Shmelev) but by specificity of Polish concept of the world.

Keywords

EN

POLISH CONCEPT OF WORLD; PRAGMATICS; TAUTOLOGY

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Studies in Polish Linguistics
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 49-59
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zeldovich G.

• G. Zeldovich, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Instytut Filologii Slowianskiej, ul. Podmurna 9/11, 87-100 Torun, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02404990