Najnowsze słownictwo jako narzędzie odkrywania i obserwacji współczesnych przemian kulturowych (na materiale z Obserwatorium Językowego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego)
The latest lexis as a tool for discovering and observing contemporary cultural changes (based on the material from the Language Observatory of the University of Warsaw)

Author(s): Maria Kuc
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: new lexis; neologism; cultural changes; foreign language teaching; glottodidactics
Summary/Abstract: The main thesis of this article is that the new Polish lexis, created after 2000, documents the dynamic changes taking place in the Polish lifestyle and therefore may be used to present contemporary popular culture to foreigners. This thesis is verified by discussing, according to the thematic criterion (e.g. FITNESS, FOOD), 10 groups of new words registered in the dictionary of neologisms of the Language Observatory of the University of Warsaw, and then by indicating the relationship of their meaning or form with the current cultural trends described by researchers. In the end, various suggestions for the use of the new lexis in Polish as a foreign language classes are given.

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