RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics (Dec 2018)

Russian and Рolish political lexis of the proto-slavic origin

  • Jaroslaw Kobylko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2299-2018-9-1-213-222
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 213 – 222

Abstract

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Due to the genetic proximity of the Russian and Polish languages may seem, that political terms of both discussed languages overlap. Actively complementing the political thesaurus of vernacular with the using of different normative and individual word formation. Contemporary communication is filled, above all, with the language of politics. Therefore, political lexis is made available to all carrier for vernacular. Specialist vocabulary is used, above all, by experts and analysts. Mass media play important role in this process, constituting an effective mechanism of impact on social consciousness. See all the similarities and differences between political terms in Russian and Polish by lexical material and analyzing specific terms. The study’s validity is a poorly developed comparative analysis of Russian and Polish political terminology. The Russian and Polish lexis of the Proto-Slavic origin, in which the meanings were changing, as well as common concepts, which represent different origins with words. The material studied is called political processes, institutions and people. The terminology was collected from Russian-Polish lexicography and mass media texts.

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