The relevance of taboo language: an analysis of the indexical values of swearwords

In this paper I argue that approaching linguistic formulae from an indexical perspective can generate a set of research questions that have the potential to open up the study of (im)politeness phenomena so that it is possible to address the range of meanings a resource might generate in a given cult...

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Main Author: Christine Christie
Format: Default Article
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Other creative arts and writing not elsewhere classified
Linguistics not elsewhere classified
Philosophy not elsewhere classified
Discursive pragmatics
Enregisterment
(Im)politeness
Indexical field
Indexicality
Metapragmatic evaluations
Relevance theory
Swearing
Linguistics
Philosophy
Studies in the Creative Arts and Writing not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/18930
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