Offensiveness scale: how offensive is this expression?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21165/el.v47i1.1958

Keywords:

pragmatics, swear words, gender roles

Abstract

In order to determine if offensiveness was a necessary trait to characterize certain expression as a swear word by the speakers, this paper presents a pilot experiment designed for this purpose. Based on the statistical analysis of the data, we show that these two concepts ("offensiveness" and "swear word") are not correlated. Next, we focus our considerations on "offensiveness" in works about the linguistic and sociolinguistic politeness, specifically regarding the social contexts and the influence of the gender role on certain linguistic uses.

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Author Biography

Marina Chiara Legroski, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa

Professora adjunta do Departamento de Estudos da Linguagem.

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Published

2018-10-17

How to Cite

Legroski, M. C. (2018). Offensiveness scale: how offensive is this expression?. Estudos Linguísticos (São Paulo. 1978), 47(1), 169–180. https://doi.org/10.21165/el.v47i1.1958

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Pragmática