Komplementy i wyrazy dezaprobaty w korespondencyjnym dialogu małżeńskim z XIX stulecia

Abstract

The basis of the article material located in the pragmalinguistic research centre constitutes, not widely known by a recipient, the letters of the 19th-century representatives of aristocracy—Helena and Mieczysław Pawlikowski. The author of the study focuses on one aspect of the linguistic etiquettes—on ways and means to compliment the recipient or to express disapproval for his or her behaviour. Both phrases appear in addressing forms of the initial parts of tested letters, as well as the terms, often metaphoric, scattered around the body of the analyzed texts indicate a significant attribution of family emotional interactions. The overviewed material allows to reconstruct the linguistic image of each spouse, and gives an idea of an emotional bond connecting them. It is also possible to realize that numerous acts of behaviour of the sphere of direct contacts have been faithfully transferred into the private correspondence.