Harmonia Abrahamica: The Spectre of Bosnia and those it Haunts
Paper presented at International Colloquium, “KOSOVO’S FAITHS AND KOSOVO’S FUTURE: CONFLICT, COEXISTENCE OR COOPERATION?”, Prishtina (Kosovo, from 14th to 17th . 2012. May)
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Paper presented at International Colloquium, “KOSOVO’S FAITHS AND KOSOVO’S FUTURE: CONFLICT, COEXISTENCE OR COOPERATION?”, Prishtina (Kosovo, from 14th to 17th . 2012. May)
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Dr. Midhat Ridjanovic, professor emeritus of English and linguistics at the University of Sarajevo, recently published a major work on the Bosnian language – BOSNIAN FOR FOREIGNERS : With a Comprehenisve Grammar. It is a product of many years of research and writing, in which Professor Ridjanovc brought to bear his life-long involvement in language teaching and linguistics on a book that he modesty calls a textbook, although the 325-page grammatical part is a full-fledged grammar which includes many rules that were not observed in two centuries of grammatical investigation of the lanaguage now called by four different names (Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian). By way of introducing Professor Ridjanovic’s book to our readers, we are publishing selected parts of the book’s Preface and Lesson 17 (of 40).
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Paper presented at International Colloquium, “KOSOVO’S FAITHS AND KOSOVO’S FUTURE: CONFLICT, COEXISTENCE OR COOPERATION?”, Prishtina (Kosovo, from 14th to 17th . 2012. May)
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Grażyna Zarzycka: ANNA DĄBROWSKA, ANNA BURZYŃSKA-KAMIENIECKA, URSZULA DOBESZ, MAŁGORZATA PASIEKA, Z WROCŁAWIEM W TLE. ZADANIA TESTOWE Z JĘZYKA POLSKIEGO DLA CUDZOZIEMCÓW. POZIOM PODSTAWOWY, ŚREDNI I ZAAWANSOWANY, Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT, Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe, Wrocław 2005, s. 95. Monika Skarżyńska: WWW.PORADNIAJĘZYKOWA.PL, pod red. Katarzyny Wyrwas, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, Katowice 2007, s. 351. Aneta i Zenon Licowie: Z DZIEJÓW JĘZYKOZNAWSTWA POLONISTYCZNEGO W WYŻSZEJ SZKOLE PEDAGOGICZNEJ W GDAŃSKU I NA UNIWERSYTECIE GDAŃSKIM (1947-2005), pod red. Jolanty Maćkiewicz, Ewy Rogowskiej-Cybulskiej, Jerzego Tredera, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 2006, s. 483.
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Based on the example of words from a selected semantic area 'zakład balneoterapeutyczny (balneotherapy centre) and/or miejsce ze źródłami wód leczniczych (spa centre)', the article presents the linguistic history of fashion for balneotherapy. The position of the latest borrowing spa as a gap filling in contemporary Polish lexical system is depicted in the context of semantic, usage area and connotation changes of notions registered between the 16th and 21st centuries: cieplica, zdrój, krynica, wody, kąpiel, kurort, uzdrowisko, showing decreasing and then increasing interest in this kind of therapy.
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The article is an analysis of a part of the material gathered in a social research concerning the truth. I was mainly interested in respondents' definitions of the truth with reference to philosophical works on the issue. Some of the respondents referred to the classical - correspondence theory, some pointed to the onthic theory, most of them, however, understood the truth in the way which cannot be found in any philosophical theories, as the opposite of a lie - telling the truth. Another issue raised in the article is the objective or subjective character of the truth. Some of the respondents were in favor of the former concept while some others were advocating the latter. The last question is about evaluation of the truth. Based on the quoted antonyms of truth and words associated with it, one may assume that it is a positive value for the respondents.
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The article is generally based on the Roman Catholic certification volumes of the Stoczek parish from the years 1812 and 1813, which register names of people belonging to Moses faith. The aim of the paper is to present the role of the people in surname formation of Jewish people living in the area between Mazovia and Podlasie, as well as to compare their cultural status in the history of the Jews belonging to the Stoczek parish. The analysis has also a methodological role, as formations registered in the books are not surnames in the linguistic and legal sense, thus the term antropolexeme is offered instead. The work deals with the problem of Jewish 19th century names etymologically, culturally, typologically and in a word-formation way.
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In this study we analyze the image of the Prison Service presented in a specialized monthly, entitled ‘Forum Penitencjarne’ [Penitentiary Forum] and published by the HQ of the Polish Prison Service. The paper is based on empirical studies carried out with the categorization key which helped to distinguish individual traits looked for among prison officers, pinpoint issues and controversies faced by the penitentiary community, and identify priority tasks of the Service.
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The paper presents the findings of the participant observation of more than 12,000 court hearings, focused on the respect of the fair trial rule. The analysis covered, among all, such aspects as the judge’s approach to the parties and the public, and the principle of open proceedings. The studies, repeated in two annual cycles, reveal a number of positive changes which may be more generally described as a more individual and respectful approach to citizens. It may be assumed that this change has evolved from an informal pressure exerted by observers present in the court room. The aim of the paper is to present these findings and to analyze the potential of informal social control for the improvement of the operation of the Polish judiciary.
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Within social sciences, the peculiarity of the sociological investigation of the unintended is the focus on paradoxical outcomes, and the analysis of these in relation to purposive social action. Although the analysis recurrently uses examples from public policy, if it comes to theory, the vocabulary employed speaks of contrarian and ironic effects of social action, or purposive social action, and not of social intervention. The inquiry thus arises: What can sociology of the unintended learn from public policy analysis? In order to answer this question, I look at framings and critical appraisal of Weber’s “essential paradox of social action” (Merton 1936) — i.e., the paradox of rational ascetism — in authors who are representative for sociology of the unintended and public policy of the unintended. The findings of the comparison and confrontation are synthesized in two main lessons for sociologists. The first stresses the need to include the structural and ideological circumstances in the analysis of paradoxes. The second indicates that the paradoxes are tricky because they might work as narrative sequences which have the tendency to focus the attention on the spectacular and ironic aspects of processes in the detriment of others.
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