Changes and Modifications Occurring in the Category of Japanese Politeness

a graduate of Japanese Studies (at Jagiellonian University, fin-ished in 2011) and Russian Studies (at PWSZ in Oświęcim, finished in 2009) and the former participant of the Japan Foundation fellowship program (conducted in 2011). She ob-tained the title of PhD in linguistics in 2017 and is currently working as a lector of Japa-nese language and Japanese writing in the Department of Japanese and Chinese Studies of Jagiellonian University. Major domains of her scientific studies are sociolinguistics, eth-nolinguistics and Japanese language education. She is currently researching different registers and varieties of Japanese language focusing on semantic and pragmatic changes occurring within contemporary Japanese, especially in Japanese honorifics.