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The article aims at finding repetitive content and formal elements visible on the websites of female religious congregations in Poland. These websites are a form of media self-presentation of religious communities, they serve informational purposes and, indirectly, the creation of the image of the congregations. The research covered 93 websites of congregations participating in the Conference of Senior Superiors of Religious Congregations. The author distinguishes 4 aspects of the message that add up to the schemes of self-presentation: 1. basis of identification of the community, 2. areas of self-description, 3. invitation to contact, 4. multimedia. The author indicates a relationship between the presumed collective originator and the undefined recipient of the internet message as a probable cause of the predictable structure of the websites analyzed., Celem artykułu jest odszukanie powtarzalnych elementów treściowych i formalnych, widocznych na stronach internetowych żeńskich zgromadzeń zakonnych w Polsce. Strony te są formą medialnej autoprezentacji wspólnot zakonnych, służą informacji, a pośrednio – kreacji wizerunku zgromadzeń. Badaniami objęto 93 strony internetowe zgromadzeń, uczestniczących w Konferencji Wyższych Przełożonych Żeńskich Zgromadzeń Zakonnych. Autorka wyodrębnia 4 aspekty przekazu, składające się na schematy autoprezentacji: 1. podstawy identyfikacji wspólnoty, 2. obszary autocharakterystyki, 3. zaproszenie do kontaktu, 4. multimedialność. Jako prawdopodobną przyczynę przewidywalnej struktury analizowanych stron głównych wskazuje się relację między zakładanym zbiorowym nadawcą a niedookreślonym odbiorcą komunikatu internetowego.

A common feature of the researched publications: Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (2005) and YOUCAT. Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church (2011), being a form of popularization of Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992), is a return to the traditional catechism composition based on blocks consisting of questions and answers. The purpose of the article is to analyze the questions used on YOUCAT pages. The analysis covers three aspects: 1. the status of catechism questions, 2. their typology, and 3. selected characteristics, such as the presence of presupposition, diversification of originator-recipient relations, and stylistic heterogeneity. The author draws conclusions regarding the servile, didactic and persuasive function of dialogue forms, qualifies catechism questions as only seeming questions and describes their linguistic specificity, boiling down to the use of several schematic solutions., Jednym z założeń, towarzyszących ogłoszonemu w 1992 roku Katechizmowi Kościoła katolickiego, jest powstanie opracowań doktrynalnych przeznaczonych dla zawężonego kręgu odbiorców. Przykładem publikacji o charakterze popularyzatorskim są m.in. Kompendium Katechizmu Kościoła katolickiego (wyd. 2005) oraz YOUCAT. Katechizm Kościoła katolickiego dla młodych (wyd. 2011, wierny przekład z języka niemieckiego). Pozycje te łączy powrót do tradycyjnej kompozycji katechizmowej, opartej na blokach składających się z pytania i odpowiedzi (z formy tej zrezygnowano w Katechizmie Kościoła katolickiego). Przedmiotem artykułu jest analiza pytań, zastosowanych na kartach YOUCAT, obejmująca 3 aspekty: (1) status pytań katechizmowych, (2) ich typologię oraz (3) wybrane cechy charakterystyczne, takie jak obecność presupozycji, zróżnicowanie relacji nadawczo-odbiorczych oraz niejednorodność stylistyczna. Autorka wysuwa wnioski dotyczące służebnej, dydaktycznej i perswazyjnej funkcji form dialogowych, kwalifikuje pytania katechizmowe jako pozorne i opisuje ich językową specyfikę, sprowadzającą się do korzystania z kilku schematycznych rozwiązań.

The research material comprises dictionaries of terms related to Catholicism, functioning on Polish websites. The aim of this lexicographical-nature study is the description of dictionary definitions, namely ways of defining meanings that appear in the online dictionaries collected. The author distinguishes 3 types of texts appearing in the section of the headword, in which a definition is traditionally placed: 1) information about what the headword means, tending to be balanced, provided in stylistically neutral vocabulary, sometimes with features of academic style – objective definitions; 2) information about the meaning of a word, supplemented by a humorous or satirical presentation of the designatum – subjective definitions; 3) Texts that replace a proper definition, connected to headwords in different ways – pseudo-definitions (failed definitions or comments). The number of dictionaries published on the Internet proves that the model of a dictionary as a way to share information is considered useful and attractive. The method of composing a definition, however, shows how different objectives are attributed to online dictionaries: not only should they impart knowledge about the language, but first of all describe the world and shape favorable or reluctant attitude of readers to religious issues., The research material comprises dictionaries of terms related to Catholicism, functioning on Polish websites. The aim of this lexicographical-nature study is the description of dictionary definitions, namely ways of defining meanings that appear in the online dictionaries collected. The author distinguishes 3 types of texts appearing in the section of the headword, in which a definition is traditionally placed: 1) information about what the headword means, tending to be balanced, provided in stylistically neutral vocabulary, sometimes with features of academic style – objective definitions; 2) information about the meaning of a word, supplemented by a humorous or satirical presentation of the designatum – subjective definitions; 3) Texts that replace a proper definition, connected to headwords in different ways – pseudo-definitions (failed definitions or comments). The number of dictionaries published on the Internet proves that the model of a dictionary as a way to share information is considered useful and attractive. The method of composing a definition, however, shows how different objectives are attributed to online dictionaries: not only should they impart knowledge about the language, but first of all describe the world and shape favorable or reluctant attitude of readers to religious issues.

Research material analyzed in the article includes dictionaries devoted to religious contents available on Polish websites, with particular emphasis on publications related to the Roman Catholic faith (80 items). The aim of the Author is to try to present online religious dictionaries, showing their specificity and related problems. Characteristics include issues such as: 1) thematic scope of dictionaries (domination of the Bible teachings, liturgics and vocabulary typical for specific religious environments and communities); 2) original or secondary nature of the text (online dictionary as an electronic adaptation of a printed work or an independent creation); 3) structure and method of functioning of online dictionaries (text or hypertext; insufficient use of technical possibilities, e.g. connecting entries with a network of links); 4) Choice between a dictionary and an encyclopedia (type of information contained in head entries; alphabetical system typical for a dictionary as a convenient form of conveying any content; a need to study types of definitions); 5) Author’s intentions and stylistic tone of a dictionary (lack of objectivity in conveying information; making comments; persuasiveness in defining meanings, polemics, satire or a joke). Online dictionaries, similarly as most contents published on the Internet, cause problems concerning data reliability. It is also not supported by anonymity and a trend for copying, paraphrasing and moving texts, typical for the Internet.

The research material comprises dictionaries of terms related to Catholicism, functioning on Polish websites. The aim of this lexicographical-nature study is the description of dictionary definitions, namely ways of defining meanings that appear in the online dictionaries collected. The author distinguishes 3 types of texts appearing in the section of the headword, in which a definition is traditionally placed: 1) information about what the headword means, tending to be balanced, provided in stylistically neutral vocabulary, sometimes with features of academic style – objective definitions; 2) information about the meaning of a word, supplemented by a humorous or satirical presentation of the designatum – subjective definitions; 3) Texts that replace a proper definition, connected to headwords in different ways – pseudo-definitions (failed definitions or comments). The number of dictionaries published on the Internet proves that the model of a dictionary as a way to share information is considered useful and attractive. The method of composing a definition, however, shows how different objectives are attributed to online dictionaries: not only should they impart knowledge about the language, but first of all describe the world and shape favorable or reluctant attitude of readers to religious issues., The research material comprises dictionaries of terms related to Catholicism, functioning on Polish websites. The aim of this lexicographical-nature study is the description of dictionary definitions, namely ways of defining meanings that appear in the online dictionaries collected. The author distinguishes 3 types of texts appearing in the section of the headword, in which a definition is traditionally placed: 1) information about what the headword means, tending to be balanced, provided in stylistically neutral vocabulary, sometimes with features of academic style – objective definitions; 2) information about the meaning of a word, supplemented by a humorous or satirical presentation of the designatum – subjective definitions; 3) Texts that replace a proper definition, connected to headwords in different ways – pseudo-definitions (failed definitions or comments). The number of dictionaries published on the Internet proves that the model of a dictionary as a way to share information is considered useful and attractive. The method of composing a definition, however, shows how different objectives are attributed to online dictionaries: not only should they impart knowledge about the language, but first of all describe the world and shape favorable or reluctant attitude of readers to religious issues.

Research material analyzed in the article includes dictionaries devoted to religious contents available on Polish websites, with particular emphasis on publications related to the Roman Catholic faith (80 items). The aim of the Author is to try to present online religious dictionaries, showing their specificity and related problems. Characteristics include issues such as: 1) thematic scope of dictionaries (domination of the Bible teachings, liturgics and vocabulary typical for specific religious environments and communities); 2) original or secondary nature of the text (online dictionary as an electronic adaptation of a printed work or an independent creation); 3) structure and method of functioning of online dictionaries (text or hypertext; insufficient use of technical possibilities, e.g. connecting entries with a network of links); 4) Choice between a dictionary and an encyclopedia (type of information contained in head entries; alphabetical system typical for a dictionary as a convenient form of conveying any content; a need to study types of definitions); 5) Author’s intentions and stylistic tone of a dictionary (lack of objectivity in conveying information; making comments; persuasiveness in defining meanings, polemics, satire or a joke). Online dictionaries, similarly as most contents published on the Internet, cause problems concerning data reliability. It is also not supported by anonymity and a trend for copying, paraphrasing and moving texts, typical for the Internet.