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Język polityków czeskich jako przykład mieszania kodów językowych w oficjalnych sytuacjach komunikacyjnych
The Language of Czech Politicians as an Example of Mixing Language Codes in Official Communication Situations

Author(s): Beata Kubok
Subject(s): Western Slavic Languages, Politics and communication
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Czech language codes; political communication; Miloš Zeman; Karel Schwarzenberg;

Summary/Abstract: The topic of this article is the language of politicians from two different cultural and linguistic circles that were active in politics after the Velvet Revolution (1989): Miloš Zeman and Karel Schwarzenberg. On the basis of selected statements from both these politicians, the topics they discuss will be presented using different language codes of the Czech language. This article examines the possibilities hidden in the high variability of the Czech language and the mechanisms of using it in the process of communicating with voters.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 1-24
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish
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