Academic Scientific JournalsThe evaluative adjectives głupi ‘stupid’ and mądry ‘wise’ in social intercourse
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https://doi.org/10.26881/bp.2024.1.02Keywords:
judgement, evaluative adjectives, intercourse, mądry ‘wise’, głupi ‘stupid'Abstract
Among the numerous judgemental adjectives, one can encounter two which are of interest for this research, namely wise and stupid, or rather mądry and głupi as this study deals with the Polish language. The question was posed how the adjectives in question function in social discourse. To search for the answer to the aforementioned question, a survey was conducted. It was prepared with the help of Google Forms and contained 15 questions. 58 people, students of secondary school and university, took part in the survey in November 2023. In the conduct of the research, the author tried to find out whether (and if, how often) the respondents use the selected adjectives, towards whom or in what circumstances. Moreover, one of the hypotheses of the present research was that the respondents would show the tendencies visible in the Polish society, and actually they did.
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