| Summary: | Every communication implies an author and an addressee. Their relationship and interaction during the communication create the phenomenon of "polarity", whose importance varies according to the type of the text. The role of polarity is significant in the popularizing literature. The popularizing literature aims to provide certain scientific information to as many readers as possible. Thus, the role of communication between the author and the addressee is very important in such texts. By means of the second person of singular or plural, the author can approach directly his addressee, ask him question or give advices. He can also try to gain his confidence by presenting himself, his opinions or experience via the first person of singular. Finally, he can also make his reader participate on the structure of the text and the exchange of information by using the first person of plural. All such means accentuate the polarity. Yet, the concrete communicative strategies can vary according to the linguistic milieu the communication takes place in. The present thesis compares the use of polarity in Czech and French health literature. The choice of this particular branch of texts was motivated by its potentially high degree of polarity and communication between the author and the addressee. The first part of the...
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