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Encyclopedia > Polish Language Council

The Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego in Polish) is the official language regulating organ of the Polish language. It was formed on September 9, 1996 as an advisory body to the Polish Academy of Sciences. It is composed of 30 scientists, linguists and other specialists. Polish (polski, język polski) is the official language of Poland. ... This is a list of bodies that regulate languages. ... Polish (polski, język polski) is the official language of Poland. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Categories: PAN | PAU | Scientific societies | Polish scientific societies | Stub | Education in Poland | Polish institutions | National academies ...


The main tasks of the council are:

  • promoting the knowledge of and on the Polish language
  • ruling the language doubts
  • establishment and control over the creation of new words (most notably the scientifical and technical terminology)
  • review of texts published by the Polish media and public administration
  • taking care of the language culture in Polish language schools

Apart from the linguists, the council includes also specialists in other fields, including lawyers, art historians, informaticians or physicians. The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... A lawyer or attorney at law is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ... Art history usually refers to the history of the visual arts. ... Information Science or Informatics is the science of information. ... Physics (from the Greek, φυσικός (phusikos), natural, and φύσις (phusis), nature) is the science of nature in the broadest sense. ...


Among the most notable current members of the council are:

Jan Miodek (born 1946 in Tarnowskie Góry, Poland), Professor of Wroclaw University, is a linguist in the normative tradition. ... Tadeusz Konwicki (born in 1926) is a famous Polish writer, and film director. ...

Linki zewnętrzne

  • Official webpage (http://www.rjp.pl)


 

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