Words of the Year 2018 chosen by the Panel of Linguists
The panel of linguists, by a vast majority of votes, opted for the noun ‘constitution’ as the most important word of the year 2018. The same noun also overwhelmingly won the Internet...
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Word of the Year 2018 Poll: KONSTYTUCJA (‘constitution’)
The vast majority of internauts has selected konstytucja ‘constitution’ for the Word of the Year 2018. Runners-up are dane ‘data’ (which reflects heated discussion on General Data Protection Regulation) and niepodległość...
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Conference programme published
Conference programme has been published recently.
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4th “Key Words” Conference
We invite you to the IV "Key Words" Conference, which will be held on October 26-27, 2018 at the University of Warsaw.
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„Fake news” chosen Word of the Year 2017 by Collins Dictionaries
Collins Word of the Year is fake news. [read more]
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Parabank – the word of the year 2012
PARABANK – the word of the year 2012 The jury composed of prof. Jerzy Bralczyk, prof. Andrzej Markowski and prof. Walery Pisarek chose for the second time the word of the year in...
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Word of the year 2014: web surfers chose the word separatysta
Web surfers chose the word separatysta. As a result of the internet plebiscite, organised in collaboration with the National Centre for Culture, the noun separatysta (Eng. ‘separatist’) was chosen the word...
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Word of the year 2015
[actualised Oct. 28th 2018] Word of the year 2015 chosen in poll is uchodźca ‘refugee’. This word was selected also in Germany (Flüchlinge), Spain (refugado) and in Russia (беженцы). The word...
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Kilometrówka (Eng. ‘mileage’) the word of the year 2014 according to the linguists’ jury votes
Kilometrówka (Eng. ‘mileage’) the word of the year 2014 according to the linguists’ jury votes. The jury of “The Word of the Year” composed of: Jerzy Bartmiński (UMCS), Jerzy Bralczyk (UW), Andrzej...
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The word of the year 2013 – gender
Gender – the word of the year 2013 After much deliberation and discussion, the jury, composed of professors of linguistics: Jerzy Bartmiński, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Jerzy Bralczyk, University...
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Presidency – the word of the year 2011
PREZYDENCJA (eng. presidency) – the word of the year 2011 The plebiscite for the word of the year 2011 organised by the Institute of Polish Language, University of Warsaw, was settled. The...