Pisownia polska – norma skodyfi kowana w ostatnim stuleciu

This paper is dedicated to a discussion of the situation of Polish orthography over the past century. The analysis of successive periods is accompanied by a presentation of changes in both spelling itself and the method of pursuing the codification activity. Codification had consisted in taking resolutions announced offi cially in the updated edition of Pisownia polska (Polish spelling) by designated bodies until the 1970s. Minor changes and additions, the procedure and announcement of which give rise to doubts as to the extent of the codifi ed standard and the function of the spelling dictionary, were introduced over the next fi fty years. Codifi cation understood as a set of evaluations concerning language units formulated clearly by experts has been blurred.