The linguistic view of Vilnius in the feature articles
Przechadzki po Wilnie (“Strolling around Vilnius”)
by Czesław Jankowski Cover Image

Językowy obraz Wilna w felietonach Czesława Jankowskiego Przechadzki po Wilnie
The linguistic view of Vilnius in the feature articles Przechadzki po Wilnie (“Strolling around Vilnius”) by Czesław Jankowski

Author(s): Kinga Geben
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: the linguistic view; Czesław Jankowski; Vilnius; city; columns;

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to reconstruct the linguistic image of Vilnius created by a famous columnistCzesław Jankowski. Visions of Vilnius that the columnist perceived as terrain (landscape, province,child), residents of Vilnius (well-known people and an assemblage of people), place of the city’s au-thorities (clerk) are presented. Names of the streets, objects, people present in the text make the specialsaturation of picturesqueness and emotions manifest itself in the profile of Vilnius as a terrain and Vil-nius as residents of Vilnius. Positively and ironically marked epithets defining the city are described.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 245-253
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish
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