ROZWÓJ ZAINTERESOWAŃ HISTORYCZNYMI DOKUMENTAMI ZWERBALIZOWANEJ ŚWIADOMOŚCI JĘZYKOWEJ POLAKÓW
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTEREST IN THE HISTORICAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE VERBALISED LINGUISTIC AWARENESS OF POLES

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to recreate the history of studies, the subject of which were statements about the Polish language. The starting point for the considerations is the thesis that each such Metalinguistic testimony – from scientific dissertations to accidental notes – is a specific manifestation of linguistic awareness. The author wants to recreate the dynamics of research on these documents. He ends his review with texts published in the first fifteen years after the Second World War. At that time, there was a rapid development of work on old messages containing the verbalised linguistic awareness of Poles. It was then those important theoretical principles of this search were formulated. The presented argument leads to at least two conclusions. Firstly, it indicates that the document analysis of bygone awareness of linguistics and language in Poland has a long, dating back to the eighteenth century tradition. Secondly, it encourages their further empowerment. To create a future synthesis illustrating the evolution of all Polish linguistic thought from a diachronic perspective.

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