Gender-related differences in the use and perception of verbal insults: the Bosnian perspective
| Autor: | Džemal Špago |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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gender-related differences
050101 languages & linguistics Linguistics and Language slurs Bosnian media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) P1-1091 Gender related 050105 experimental psychology Language and Linguistics language.human_language Developmental psychology Perception language 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences verbal insults bosnian context Psychology Philology. Linguistics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Lingua Posnaniensis, Vol 62, Iss 2, Pp 81-94 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2083-6090 |
| Popis: | The paper explores potential gender-linked differences in the use and perception of insulting language among Bosnian university students. The respondents were asked to provide one-word answers to four questions about the worst male-directed and female-directed insults, and about one-word descriptions of a male and female person who they view as the most detestable. The results indicate that the male and female respondents have a similar perception of the worst male-directed (lack of masculinity) and, to a lesser extent, femaledirected insults (sexual looseness). Surprisingly, insults of homosexual nature, as well as those pertaining to being unethical and physically unattractive were rarely mentioned. The results also reveal significant gender -of-insulter differences in the use of offensive words in reference to the most disliked person, as well as the tendency by the respondents of both genders to avoid using those insults that they perceive as the harshest. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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