Dyskurs publiczny w perspektywie diachronicznej

Abstract

The article undertakes the problem of methods and possibilities of the diachronic account of public discourse. Due to the fact that the concept in question is very broad, and the subject of the analysis is multidimensional as well as thematically and typically diversified, it is proposed that the sphere of public communication be subclassified into the most important areas of human activity organizing community life, which will allow to identify such phenomena as legal‑administrative discourse, school‑didactic discourse, scientific discourse, religious‑ denominational discourse, political discourse, and others. The most essential research task in the diachronic survey is to indicate the variable elements of individual discourse types, which testify to their transformation conditioned by external factors, as well as to indicate stable elements, which were formed during the initial period of the development of communication fields, and which are indicative of some stability of content, form, and genres.