STYLIZACJA JĘZYKOWA W FILMACH HISTORYCZNYCH O POCZĄTKACH PAŃSTWA POLSKIEGO
Linguistic stylisation in historical films about the origins of the Polish state

(Bolesław the Bold, The Nest)

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses exponents of linguistic stylisation that occur in two polish historical films: Bolesław the Bold (Dir. Witold Lesiewicz, 1971) and The Nest (Dir. Jan Rybkowski, 1974). Stylistic means are divided into three basic groups: grammatical (syntactic), semantic and pragmatic. The research has shown that the creators of both films applied similar methods of stylisation. They most often used following linguistic tools: analytical forms of the Polish past tense, inversion, item archaisms, bookish vocabulary and old honorific expressions. However, one may notice quantitative differences between analysed works. Exponents of stylisation more often appear in Bolesław the Bold. On the other hand, they exhibit greater diversity in The Nest. In the final part of the article, the author claims that research into film dialogues should become an integral part of Polish stylistics.

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