Demokratyzacja obyczajów – słowo kluczowe współczesnej kultury polskiej?
Democratization of Customs – a Keyword in the Contemporary Polish Culture?

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article are the changes of politeness customs, above all the languageones, which have occurred and continue to occur after 1989. The aim of the discussion isto verify the thesis that these changes are of democratic character, including the answer to thequestion of what it means and whether these changes in terms of communication cooperationof the members of society are equally desirable as the change of system for which themajority of Poles opted in the first free elections. The politeness changes have been discussed based on the example of such social attitudesas: politeness egalitarianism, feminist (equality) goals of women, politeness individualismand creativism, lack of recognition for authorities, permissiveness towards deviations fromthe politeness standard.

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