The subject of the present thesis is etiquette expressions in the Lithuanian and Polish languages. After consolidation of international contacts (politics, tourism, studies abroad) which predetermine integration of Lithuania in Europe, the etiquette of different languages becomes quite a matter of interest. It is an innovative field of comparative ethnolinguistics. The subject of the project distinguishes itself for novelty as the thesis bears the comparative character and is destined for one of the important themes, i.e. revelation and motivation of the peculiarities of Lithuanian and Polish etiquette expressions. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the expressiveness, semantics and structure of etiquette expressions in the Lithuanian and Polish languages. Several sources have been selected for the analysis, that is Lietuviu Kalbos Zodynas (Lithuanian Language Dictionary) (I –XX) published from 1956 to 2002 and Polish language dictionaries “Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego” (I – IV) published in 2003 in Warsaw and “Słownik języka polskiego” (I – II) published in 1969 in Warsaw. 444 examples of Lithuanian etiquette expressions and 323 Polish ones have been collected. The material is grouped in different respects: according to themes, i.e. according to the functions the language etiquette expressions perform – polite address, greeting, farewell, compliment, thanking, apology and request. However, sometimes we can find language etiquette expressions which perform two... [to full text]