English in Polish politics – temporary trend or permanent condition?

• Authors: Marta Giersz , Małgorzata Sikora-Gaca

Title variants

PL

Polska polityka po angielsku - chwilowy trend czy obowiązujący żargon

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The phenomenon of the language of politics, its origin and development is a very broad subject matter. This paper illustrates new tendencies and processes occurring in the system of this particular language and jargon. Nowadays English and American elements in the Polish language seem very visible especially when overused in the media, by politicians, business people and public figures. Politicians use their own language to communicate with each other and with the people. The language of politics is a type of language it should be characterized by specific features. Such characteristics are the specific terms, phraseology, adopted words and neologisms. Thus, the article presents a collection of words taken di-rectly or indirectly from English into the Polish language. That proves the fact that we all witness a constant growth in the number of English elements in the language of Polish poli-ticians, during the process of political discourse and in the field of political science.

Keywords

EN

politics; language; language of politics; language of politicians; borrowings; loanwords; anglicisms; internationalisms

PL

polityka; język; język polityki; język polityków; zapożyczenia; anglicyzmy; internacjonalizmy

• Publisher: Gdańska Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna
• Journal: Studia Gdańskie. Wizje i rzeczywistość
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 10
• Pages: 226-236

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Marta Giersz

• Uniwersytet Gdański

author

Małgorzata Sikora-Gaca

• Politechnika Koszalińska

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