Edmondson, DJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9570-0699
2022,
'Word norms and measures of linguistic reclamation for LGBTQ+ slurs'
, Pragmatics & Cognition, 28 (1)
, pp. 193-221.
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Abstract
While databases of taboo language word norms exist, none focus specifically on slurs as a category of taboo language. Furthermore, no existing databases include measures of linguistic reclamation, a phenomenon which may specifically affect the processing of slurs. I produced a database in which 155 native or near-native speakers of British English rated 41 LGBTQ+ slurs for a number of word properties and measures of linguistic reclamation. I then ran correlation and demographic group comparison analyses on the resulting database. I found a clear correlation pattern between properties and reclamation behaviours. I also found that there were age-related differences in age of acquisition and familiarity ratings; that gender identity and sexual identity differences were affected by being the target of slurs; and that sexual identity particularly affected differences in reclamation ratings.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools: | Schools > School of Arts & Media > Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre |
Journal or Publication Title: | Pragmatics & Cognition |
Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing |
ISSN: | 0929-0907 |
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Depositing User: | DJ Edmondson |
Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2021 08:25 |
Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2022 09:47 |
URI: | https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/62380 |
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