TY - JOUR TI - We the People – who is it? Category we – they in the speeches of Jaroslaw Kaczynski on the occasion of Smoleńsk anniversary AU - Kępka, Izabela TI - We the People – who is it? Category we – they in the speeches of Jaroslaw Kaczynski on the occasion of Smoleńsk anniversary AB - The matter of this article is to show the role of the category of a person in the creation of the image of the Polish society after the Smoleńsk catastrophe in J. Kaczyński’s speeches. Kaczyński uses the form ‘us’ to specify the community of people that think in the way he thinks. The form ‘they’ has in his speeches three tasks: it specifi es people who died in the catastrophe, it specifies the group of people who support Kaczyński and collect money for sculptures etc. The third group is presented by his political enemies. Kaczyński uses also impersonal forms. The specify the political enemies and show their bad actions. The biggest enemy is the Polish government with Donald Tusk. VL - 2017 IS - Issue 1 (2) 2017 PY - 2017 SN - 2451-1986 C1 - 2544-2554 SP - 119 EP - 129 DO - 10.4467/25442554.MBK.17.008.7655 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/media-biznes-kultura/article/my-narod-czyli-kto-kategoria-my-oni-w-przemowieniach-jaroslawa-kaczynskiego-z-okazji-rocznic-smolenskich KW - language of politics KW - propaganda KW - transnational relations KW - axiology KW - linguistic creation of the nation.