How much truth is there in a true Pole?

Abstract

The article is devoted to interpreting the image of a true Pole (re)constructed on the basis of the National Corpus of the Polish Language (NKJP) and Internet texts. The following issues were considered: stereotyping, evaluation, ideological thinking, profiling of terms, persuasive definitions, and approximation of meaning to answer the question contained in the title. The research has led to the conclusion that the concept of a true Pole can be considered on many research levels, and its use is associated with a specific ideological and/or axiological attitude.