Acronyms in the Polish and French Press Discourse

Dorota Lajus

Abstract


The purpose of the article is to describe the functioning of acronyms in Polish and French press texts. The acronyms present in both Polish and French press discourse are generally used differently as disparate semantic categories. Even though the organizational acronyms dominate the discourses, in the French texts other categories are also visible. The theories and methods of word-formation of both languages were used in the work. Using acronyms is obviously symptomatic for linguistic tendencies to economize on means of expression, however, a study of their discursive usage allows to differentiate lexical acronyms with a meaning different than that of the full name. Moreover, acronyms also function as stylistic devices equivalent to euphemism or hyperbole.


Keywords


press discourse; word-formation; acronyms

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/ff.2018.36.1.97-108
Date of publication: 2018-11-05 11:24:40
Date of submission: 2018-02-09 18:11:30


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