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T. 68.4, s. 133–147

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Między Aleją Świerczewskiego a Mostem Grota. Druga wojna światowa w polityce pamięci historycznej PRL na przykładzie warszawskiego nazewnictwa miejskiego

Between Świerczewskiego Avenue and Grota Bridge. World War II in the politics of memory of the People’s Republic of Poland on the example of the urban naming in Warsaw

Tomasz LESZKOWICZ
Wojskowe Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej
e-mail: tleszkowicz@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0001-8327-3810

Abstract: City names are one of the most important tools of politics of memory – the politically conditioned shaping of public perceptions of the past. In Warsaw after 1945, the ruling communists pursued a naming programme in which they referred to figures, events and symbols associated with World War II. As a result, a canon of city names was created, which included both references to the ‘official’, communist vision of history and ‘alternative’ themes of an independence-oriented nature.

Key words: toponymy, People’s Republic of Poland, politics of memory, Warsaw, World War II

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Leszkowicz T., 2023, Między Aleją Świerczewskiego a Mostem Grota. Druga wojna światowa w polityce pamięci historycznej PRL na przykładzie warszawskiego nazewnictwa miejskiego, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 133–147, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-09

Wpłynęło: 14.06.2023
Zaakceptowano: 5.12.2023

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T. 68.4, s. 123–131

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„Własne nazwy” getta warszawskiego jako językowa reakcja na okupacyjną rzeczywistość

“Own names” of the Warsaw Ghetto as a linguistic reaction to the reality under the German occupation

Agnieszka WITKOWSKA-KRYCH
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Wydział Polonistyki
Instytut Kultury Polskiej
e-mail: a.witkowska-krych@uw.edu.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-8510-9475

Abstract: The information about the creation of the ghetto in Warsaw was announced on 12 October 1940, and the final closure took place just over a month later. Ultimately, more than 400,000 people were imprisoned within the ghetto walls. The need to organise life in a reality that was completely different from that of the pre-war time led many Warsaw Jews to reflect on the essence of the ghetto and try to compare this phenomenon to other, often better, though usually only theoretically familiar places and spaces. Hence the large number of synonymous, entirely unofficial terms for the ghetto, referring to its various features. The most common terms include: labyrinth, trap, closed city, prison or camp, although apart from the most popular ones, both period sources and postwar memoirs contain many unobvious metaphors for the Warsaw Ghetto, its peculiar new “own names”, created from scratch, whether as a result of a deeper reflection or simply stemming from the need of the moment, as a reaction to what was happening around. A handful of the most interesting, least known and at the same time very telling names will be presented, together with the context of their creation.

Key words: Warsaw Ghetto, naming, describing, toponymy, synonyms, metaphors

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Witkowska-Krych A., 2023, „Własne nazwy” getta warszawskiego jako językowa reakcja na okupacyjną rzeczywistość, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 123–131, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-08

Wpłynęło: 8.06.2023
Zaakceptowano: 8.12.2023

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T. 68.4, s. 103–110

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Nazwy stacji rowerów miejskich i systemów wypożyczania rowerów w Polsce

Names of urban bike stations and bicycle-sharing systems in Poland

Henryk DUSZYŃSKI-KARABASZ
Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego
Wydział Językoznawstwa
e-mail: henryk duszynski@interia.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-5633-1675

Abstract: The article is devoted to the names of urban bike stations and bicycle-sharing systems in Poland. The main naming types of urban bike stations are discussed using selected examples from across the country. The aim of the analysis was an attempt to show the similarities and differences in relation to other urban names, namely to the names of public transport stops). It was concluded that the same naming models were used in both types of onyms. The onomastic analysis of the names of bicycle-sharing systems aimed to indicate the main functions of these onyms. It has been shown that individual elements of the names of bicycle-sharing systems have a persuasive and identifying function, and language games were used to create the names.

Key words: onomastics, chrematonymy, toponymy, urban bike, urban bike station, bicycle-sharing system

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Duszyński-Karabasz H., 2023, Nazwy stacji rowerów miejskich i systemów wypożyczania rowerów w Polsce, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 103–110, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-06

Wpłynęło: 16.06.2023
Zaakceptowano: 6.12.2023

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