Tomasza Szumskiego poglądy normatywne w dziele Dokładna nauka języka i stylu polskiego .

Abstract

Tomasz Szumski’s prescriptive views in the work Dokładna nauka języka i stylu polskiego (Learning the Polish language and style thoroughly) Summary The aim of this paper is to present Tomasz Szumski’s prescriptive views. Dokładna nauka języka i stylu polskiego (Learning the Polish language and style thoroughly) is not a highly popular work, yet one deserving attention as it combines a grammatical description of the Polish language with the rules governing its use, including a lecture on communication behaviours. It is a systematic and a clearly prescriptive lecture of good Polish, where the author distinguishes three levels of command of the language. It includes not only a description of grammatical rules but also guidance regarding proper pronunciation, text construction and delivery. The rules formulated by T. Szumski are expressly oriented towards addressees with the aim to make them feel comfortable; they are also conditions of an effective utterance/statement. The study is embedded in the European grammatical and rhetorical tradition. Historical, national, literary, and aesthetic criteria, although unnamed directly, are clear in the author’s thinking about the language. Keywords: history of language – language teaching – language culture – language communication – language norm assessment criteria – Tomasz Szumski.