The historical and contemporary, linguistic and cultural picture of Polish capitals in a Polish children’s magazine “Kumpel”

Abstract

The paper, being based on the subject matter designed for the receiver who is between six and ten years old, attempts to reconstruct the linguistic and cultural picture of the capital cities in Poland. The picture is recorded in the common sense as the national and cultural inheritance and popularised in the magazine entitled “Kumpel”. The analysis has been based on the texts (mini-reportages) describing three capitals and identified with them characters, events and monuments. The paper subsequently follows the composition of the chronological political and administrative changes: Gniezno, Kraków, Warszawa, and discusses etymological inquiries and cultural and linguistic connotations related to the events in the past, rarely the modern ones, which are presented to Polish small child by an editorial staff. History described in the magazine belongs to the standardised set of news and resources, which should be learned at the certain stage of development by every member of cultural community.