„Bydło tej nocy mówiło między sobą ludzkiem językiem i w polskiej mowie”. Głosy zwierząt domowych w polszczyźnie potocznej i ludowej
“That night the cattle spoke human language among themselves and they spoke Polish.” Voices of domestic animals in colloquial Polish and the Polish language of folklore

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the “speech” of selected domestic animals in the Polish language and Polish folk culture. The analysis is conducted in accordance with the methodology of the Lublin “Słownik stereotypów i symboli ludowych” [Dictionary of Folk Stereotypes and Symbols] (concept developer and editor: J. Bartmiński, vice-editor: S. Niebrzegowska-Bartmińska). Following the model of describing animals in Slavic traditional culture proposed by Aleksander Gura, the author distinguishes two types of acoustic characteristics – the characteristics of animal voices, i.e. sounds and voices produced by animals (consistent with the facet VOICE OF ANIMAL) and the characteristics of speech, i.e. human speech performed by animals (consistent with the facet ANIMAL AS AN INTERLOCUTOR AND ADDRESSEE).

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