Stylizacja języka bohaterek powieści Joanny Chmielewskiej na polszczyznę potoczną

Abstract

The aim of the article is to analyse the language of women protagonists of the selected prose writings by Joanna Chmielewska stylized into colloquial Polish. Several conclusions stem from reading her novels. First, stylization of the language of women protagonists into colloquial Polish appears in the narrative layer and in dialogues. Second, Joanna Chmielewska in her novels faithfully mirrors the colloquial variety of Polish, additionally enriching it with linguistic innovations of various type. Emotional tone prevails in the utterances of women, being especially manifest in the use of numerous exclamations, onomatopoeic words, calls or the words generally considered as vulgar or offensive. This also refers to diminutive expressions and the affectionate terms used in the function of words as well as pejorative expressions. The women protagonists of the novels speak the language rich in idioms and proverbs. They appear in an unchanged form but even more often are subjected to diverse linguistic experiments. The reader’s attention is attracted to numerous contaminations and supplementary innovations. It should be noted that colloquialism in Chmielewska’s writing is primarily manifested at the linguistic level; to a much lesser degree in the selection of topics. In the studied texts there are no typical everyday themes connected with a stereotypically understood role of a woman.