Kultowe teksty z PRL-u we współczesnej przestrzeni komunikowania społecznego

Abstract

The paper describes selected features of culture-related texts from the times of PRL (the Polish People’s Republic) and their functions in the modern social communication space. Iconic quotes from Polish films, e.g. Sami swoi, Seksmisja, Miś, etc. are still alive and have not become obsolete despite passage of time. On the basis of the modern culture-related texts (such as press articles), we can see the ways those old texts are employed in the social communication space and public discourse referring to various issues. They can be spotted in political debates, discussions concerning international economic relationships, legal issues, as well as sports, film, and viewpoint-related topics. They are most often employed in their original version, but sometimes they are subjected to modifications, for instance: 1. Inversion or graphic modifications in the way they are written; 2. Lexical modifications which preserve the main semantic range of the primary text; 3. Grammatical modifications, such as replacing a singular word with its plural form, etc. The analysed culture-related texts undergo various modifications thanks to which recipients can develop new interpretations. As a result, they identify new lexical fields (modified in comparison with the primary field).