Ethik der Sprache

Die Publikation wurde aus Mitteln des Instituts für Germanistik der Universität Łódź und des Vereins akademischer Lehrer zur Förderung der Kultur europäischer Sprachen finanziert

Principles of ‘Newspeak’ in Polish Translations of British and American Press Articles under Communist Rule

The paper analyses selected Polish translations of British and American press articles published in the magazine Forum in the years 1965 - 1989. In communist Poland, all such texts were censored before publication, which forced the translators to avoid content and language that could be banned by censors and to adopt a specific style of expression known as Newspeak. The paper lists the linguistic phenomena in the target language that represent features typical of Newspeak and identifies manipulative procedures which led to their occurrence, using a corpus of 25 English texts and their Polish translations

Postać literacka i jej prawa

The author ponders over a literary character, its position, form and significance in copyright law. He starts by defining a literary character. Next, he proceeds to a description of the criteria for a literary character ending his considerations on the issue of the self-containedness and identity of a literary character, as well as the issue of works inspired by others.The author ponders over a literary character, its position, form and significance in copyright law. He starts by defining a literary character. Next, he proceeds to a description of the criteria for a literary character ending his considerations on the issue of the self-containedness and identity of a literary character, as well as the issue of works inspired by others

On Spanish Dvandva and its restrictions

As noted by Bauer, real dvandva compounds –that is, coordinative compounds that properly express the aggregation of two different entities, not the intersection of properties in one entity– are extremely rare in English or Spanish. This article explores the empirical domain of dvandva compounding in Spanish, and notes that they are productive when not used as heads within their phrases. We propose that the explanation for this is that Spanish can only productively build dvandva compounds using flat structures without internal hierarchy. This causes the compound to look externally for a head noun that defines the interpretation of the relation established between the two members of the dvandva. The proposal also explains why proper names is preferred in dvandva compounding, given that they do not denote properties

Literary Characters and Their Rights

The author ponders over a literary character, its position, form and significance in copyright law. He starts by defining a literary character. Next, he proceeds to a description of the criteria for a literary character ending his considerations on the issue of the self-containedness and identity of a literary character, as well as the issue of works inspired by others