Taboo language across the globe: A multi-lab study
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AbstractThe use of taboo words represents one of the most common and arguably universal linguistic behaviors, fulfilling a wide range of psychological and social functions. However, in the scientific literature, taboo language is poorly characterized, and how it is realized in different languages and populations remains largely unexplored. Here we provide a database of taboo words, collected from different linguistic communities (Study 1,N= 1046), along with their speaker-centered semantic characterization (Study 2,N= 455 for each of six rating dimensions), covering 13 languages and 17 countries from all five permanently inhabited continents. Our results show that, in all languages, taboo words are mainly characterized by extremely low valence and high arousal, and very low written frequency. However, a significant amount of cross-country variability in words’ tabooness and offensiveness proves the importance of community-specific sociocultural knowledge in the study of taboo language.
- University of Tübingen Germany
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany
- Beijing Language and Culture University China (People's Republic of)
- Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social Portugal
- University of Padua Italy
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EXPLETIVES, Swearing, Social Sciences, Best–worst scaling; Emotion; Semantics; Swearing; Taboo words, Interactional Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Study, Language and Linguistics, Domínio/Área Científica::Humanidades::Outras Humanidades, Sociology, Psychology, best–worst scaling, best-worst scaling, semantics, Language, Communication, AROUSAL, FOS: Sociology, FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion, Semantics, FOS: Psychology, Taboo words; Swearing; Semantics; Best-worst scaling; Emotion, [SCCO.PSYC] Cognitive science/Psychology, Best–worst scaling, taboo words, Best-worst scaling, Best–worst scaling; Emotion; Semantics; Swearing; Taboo words;, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Swearing and Taboo Language in Communication, VALENCE, emotion, Original Manuscript, Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Psicologia, EMOTION, Taboo Language, Taboo, Humans, Language Use, Language Acquisition, Emotion, Natural language processing, Linguistics, DECISION, Language Studies and Linguistics Research, Taboo words, Globe, Computer science, NORMS, Philosophy, Second Language Learning, Anthropology, 150 Psychologie, FOS: Languages and literature, ddc:150, GENDER, swearing, Arts and Humanities, Discourse Study, WORDS, Neuroscience
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