Skip to main navigation menu Skip to main content Skip to site footer
Językoznawstwo baner

No. 15 (2021)

Articles

The influence of the pandemic on Polish, Czech and Bulgarian lexicography in 2020 and early 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25312/2391-5137.15/2021_02jss  [Google Scholar]
Published: 2022-01-17

Abstract

I discuss the linguistic consequences of the current pandemic, such as the emergence of new words and/or an increase in the frequency of use of some pre-existing words, and issues linked to communication. The paper refers to the Polish, Bulgarian and Czech languages. A frequentative approach is applied. Although the outlined linguistic processes are global in nature, several key aspects differentiate the three chosen languages in terms of frequency (including the occurrence of words and functions of speech). The linguistic data was gathered using online resources, including: The National Corpus of Polish, the Czech National Corpus, the Bulgarian National Corpus, the Polish-Bulgarian-Russian parallel Corpus (co-authored by the author of this paper), popular word browsers (frazeo.pl, slowanaczasie) and digital dictionaries (miejski.pl), journalism and information programs, and some of the most recent academic literature.

References

  1. „Szury”, „foliarze”, „COVID-idioci”. Jak dyskutować z wyznawcami spiskowych teorii? (2020), „Kultura Liberalna”, https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2020/09/08/szury-foliarze-covid-idiocijak-dyskutowac-z-wyznawcami-spiskowych-teorii/ [Google Scholar]
  2. Chaciński B. (2020), Korona na języku, czyli pandemia w polszczyźnie, https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/ludzieistyle/1961694,1,korona-na-jezyku-czyli-pandemia-w-polszczyznie. [Google Scholar]
  3. Corman V.M., Landt O., Kaiser M., Molenkamp R., Meijer A., Chu D.K., Mulders D.G. (2020), Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR, „Eurosurveillance”, Vol. 25(3). [Google Scholar]
  4. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Mythbusters (2021), https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters [Google Scholar]
  5. Doremalen N. van, Bushmaker T., Morris D.H., Holbrook M.G., Gamble A., Williamson B.N., Lloyd-Smith J.O. (2020), Aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 as compared with SARS-CoV-1, „New England Journal of Medicine”, Vol. 382(16). [Google Scholar]
  6. Duda H. (2020), Korona «koronawirus», Lingwistykon, https://lingwistykon.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/korona-koronawirus/ [Google Scholar]
  7. Juna P. (2020), V Česku poprvé vybrali slovo roku. Vítěze uhádnete za vteřinu, https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/slovo-roku-neprekvapi-je-to-koronavirus-135335?fbclid=IwAR0aNlNafHhx83QrAZnx44f6r1HmR8nrc9piTPfx7leoL90UeNbUYoT9-F0 [Google Scholar]
  8. Lai C.C., Shih T.P., Ko W.C., Tang H.J., Hsueh P.R. (2020), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and corona virus disease-2019 (COVID-19): the epidemic and the challenges, „International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents”, Vol. 55(3). [Google Scholar]
  9. Malinowski M. (2020), Koronawirus, Obcy język polski, https://obcyjezykpolski.pl/koronawirus/ [Google Scholar]
  10. Nieuw woord 2021 – stuur het nu in! (2021), Woord van het Jaar, https://woordvanhetjaar.vandale.be/nl?fbclid=IwAR036ohnl9W6bCmDqZ6TbdECrd_VVTzgqZAqmAhBcwUi3sk_ymSrRqVeqzA [Google Scholar]
  11. Pyrć K. (2015), Ludzkie koronawirusy, „Postępy Nauk Medycznych”, t. XXVIII, z. 4B. [Google Scholar]
  12. Satoła-Staśkowiak J. (2020), Słowa w pandemii, „40 i Cztery”, nr 12(610). [Google Scholar]
  13. Trzeciak M. (2020), Dziennikarstwo naukowe – rzetelność „w czasach zarazy”, Praca dyplomowa napisana pod opieką J. Satoły-Staśkowiak w Akademii Humanistyczno-Ekonomicznej w Łodzi, Łódź. [Google Scholar]
  14. Włoskowicz W. (2020), Koronawirus jako problem językoznawstwa polonistycznego, „Poradnik Językowy”, nr 7. [Google Scholar]
  15. Atanasova M. (2020), Publikuvano vav fakti.bg: Politsia shturmuva hotel v Sandanski zaradi skandalno koronaparti, https://fakti.bg/krimi/538657-policia-shturmuva-hotel-v-sandanski-zaradi-skandalno-koronaparti [Google Scholar]
  16. Vatsova V. (2020), Novite dumi na 2020 g.: kovidiot, lokdaun i kovekzit, https://www.24chasa.bg/ojivlenie/article/9220816 [dostęp: 19.11.2021]. [Google Scholar]
  17. Dumata na 2020: koronavirus (2020), https://dnews.bg/dumata-na-2020-koronavirus.html [Google Scholar]
  18. Yordanova T. (2020), Novi dumi v rechnika ni zaradi pandemiyata, https://bntnews.bg/news/novi-dumi-v-rechnika-ni-zaradi-pandemiyata-1056075news.html [Google Scholar]
  19. Koya e Dumata na Bezpretsedentnata 2020 G.? (2020), https://boulevardbulgaria.bg/articles/koya-e-dumata-na-bezpretsedentnata-2020-g [Google Scholar]
  20. Novite dumi v balgarskia ezik (2020), https://nova.bg/news/view/2020/06/28/292238/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8-%D0%B2-%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA/ [Google Scholar]

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Most read articles by the same author(s)