35.1242, Books: The Anatomy of Polish Offensive Words: Zarzycki (2024)

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Date: 04-Apr-2024
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: The Anatomy of Polish Offensive Words: Zarzycki (2024)


Title: The Anatomy of Polish Offensive Words
Subtitle: A sociolinguistic exploration
Series Title: IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society   53
Publication Year: 2024
Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/impact.53

Author: Łukasz Zarzycki
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027214461 Pages: 354 Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027214461 Pages: 354 Price: U.K. £ 101.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027214461 Pages: 354 Price: Europe EURO 120.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027214461 Pages: 354 Price: Europe EURO 127.20
eBook: ISBN: 9789027247308 Pages: 354 Price: U.S. $ 158.00
eBook: ISBN: 9789027247308 Pages: 354 Price: U.K. £ 101.00
eBook: ISBN: 9789027247308 Pages: 354 Price: Europe EURO 120.00
Abstract:

Swearing plays an important role in everyday language. We swear in the
streets, at school, universities, at work and at home, on the means of
transport, with family and friends. People have used swear words for
centuries and they will continue to use them. The Anatomy of Polish
Offensive Words examines offensive and vulgar language of young Poles
in their everyday life including its forms, uses, manifestations and
the ways in which people censor their words and sentences. The book
presents a novel viewpoint on people’s psyche since we observe how
society reacts to other humans so as to impose taboos by censoring
Polish language.

This book is the first book written in English on Polish swearing
intended for the international reader (both linguists and
non-linguists) who can benefit from it. It offers an intriguing look
into Polish swear words, their classification in terms of
offensiveness both from the perspective of quantitative and
qualitative research but also from the AI (Artificial Intelligence)
viewpoint. Mixed methods research, i.e., a questionnaire-based study
and a corpus-based study, makes the research original. The findings
deepen our understanding of swearing and its role in language.

Written In: English (eng)



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