“Cunt”: On the perception and handling of verbal dynamite by L1 and LX users of English

Dewaele, Jean‐Marc

doi:10.1515/multi-2017-0013

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“…The new language became a tool to voice her thoughts more effectively, especially when adopting local swearing practices. This aspect was found in Dewaele's studies on emotion expression and language perception (2006,2011,2013) and also in other studies showing how individuals, who had intensely socialised in a new environment, might develop emotional attachments to the new language and learn the benefits of adopting local swearing practices (Dewaele, 2017). Other participants' insights recalled previous research on how a language can be an emotional bond (Hammer, 2016;Ochs & Schiefelin, 1989).…”

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confidence: 61%

“…Research evidenced that socialising and developing relationships with members of the host culture are a crucial component of acculturation (Berry, 2005) and have effects on migrants' language use, too (Dewaele, 2004(Dewaele, , 2006(Dewaele, , 2008(Dewaele, , 2013(Dewaele, , 2017Ożańska-Ponikwia, 2013. Brown (1986) points out that "the process of acculturation runs even deeper when language is brought into the picture" (p. 34).…”

Section: Language and Emotions In The Cultural Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, closely related to the BEQ themes but based on another sample of 2500 multilinguals, a recent study investigated the perception of the word 'cunt' (Dewaele, 2017). Findings suggested that LX users were less sure about the exact meaning of the word, underestimated its offensiveness and used it less frequently compared to L1 users.…”

Section: Language and Emotions In The Cultural Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Dewaele argued that the ability to know when and how a taboo word can be used required considerable sociopragmatic skills, typically gained through intense socialisation in the speech community. Dewaele (2017) explained that most swearing was reported in the presence of friends, promoting group solidarity (cf. Vingerhoets, Bylsma & de Vlam, 2013, p. 287).…”

Section: Language and Emotions In The Cultural Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

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Do the languages migrants use in private and emotional domains define their cultural belonging more than the passport they have?

Panicacci

2019

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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This study focuses on migrants' sense of belonging to the heritage and the host culture and adopts an innovative approach to the topic by placing biographical and linguistic factors side by side. Statistical results from 468 migrants, supported by 5 follow-up interviews, revealed that the age of migration, the length of stay and the status in the host country were unrelated to participants' heritage and host culture acculturation levels. Conversely, migrants' heritage language (L1) and host language (LX) frequency of use, especially for expressing emotions, as well as their L1/LX reported dominance and emotionality, were linked to their attachment to the heritage and host culture. In other words, the cognitive and emotional embracement of the language contributed to enforcing participants' sense of belonging to the relevant culture, explaining a variance of 12.2% and 13.5% respectively in their heritage and host acculturation levels. The findings thus highlighted the crucial role of languages in shaping individuals' cultural identity.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

Section: Language and Emotions In The Cultural Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Language and Emotions In The Cultural Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Language and Emotions In The Cultural Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

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Do the languages migrants use in private and emotional domains define their cultural belonging more than the passport they have?

Panicacci

2019

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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“…inner speech (Larsen, Schrauf, Fromholt, & Rubin, 2002), use of endearments and swear words (Dewaele, 2008(Dewaele, , 2010(Dewaele, , 2017, personal relationships (Dewaele & Salomidou, 2017), or moral decision making (Costa et al, 2014).…”

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Lying and perception of lies by bilingual speakers

Kreyßig

Krautz

2019

Applied Psycholinguistics

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Multiple studies on bilingualism and emotions have demonstrated that a native language carries greater emotional valence than the second language. This distinction appears to have consequences for other types of behavior, including lying. As bilingual lying has not been explored extensively, the current study investigated the psychophysiological differences between German (native language) and English (second language) in the lying process as well as in the perception of lies. The skin conductance responses of 26 bilinguals were measured during reading aloud true and false statements and listening to recorded correct and wrong assertions. The analysis revealed a lie effect, that is, statistically significant differences between valid and fictitious sentences. In addition, the values in German were higher compared to those in English, in accordance with the blunted emotional response account (Caldwell-Harris & Aycicegi-Dinn, 2009). Finally, the skin conductance responses were lower in the listening condition in comparison to the reading aloud. The results, however, are treated with caution given the fact that skin conductance monitoring does not allow assigning heightened reactivity of the skin to one exclusive cause. The responses may have been equally induced by the content of the statements, which prompted positive or negative associations in the participants’ minds or by the specific task requirements.

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The role of language and emotional intelligence in judgments of real‐life social and moral transgressions among Greek, Hungarian, and British users of English

Dewaele,

Mavrou,

Kyriakou

et al. 2023

Behavioral Decision Making

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Previous research suggests that people are more prone to commit moral transgressions when they face moral dilemmas in a second language (LX) as opposed to their first language(s) (L1). This study investigated the influence of language, emotional intelligence, and the degree of severity of real moral transgressions on bilinguals' judgments of offense seriousness, the intensity of the emotions they experienced, and the punishments they proposed for the perpetrators. To this end, 256 British L1 users, 209 Greek–English bilinguals, and 187 Hungarian–English bilinguals watched four videos presenting moral transgressions of mild and extreme severity. Data were analyzed by means of robust linear mixed‐effects models and moderated mediation analyses. For the extreme severity videos, the results revealed strong correlations between offensiveness, emotionality ratings, and proposed punishments for the perpetrators. However, the Greek and the Hungarian participants who watched the videos in their LX English reported lower offensiveness and emotionality ratings and less harsh punishments for the perpetrators than they did in their L1 (Greek and Hungarian, respectively). Furthermore, the role of language in the proposed punishments for the perpetrators was mediated by emotional intensity, but only for the extreme severity stimuli. The results also suggest that higher levels of emotional intelligence are linked with tougher judgments of offense seriousness and stronger emotions when watching real moral transgressions. These findings highlight that the moral foreign language effect does not only exist in the hypothetical moral realm but affects perceptions of offensiveness and emotionality and decisions for the future of perpetrators in real‐life situations.

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“Cunt”: On the perception and handling of verbal dynamite by L1 and LX users of English

Cited by 25 publications

References 23 publications

Do the languages migrants use in private and emotional domains define their cultural belonging more than the passport they have?

Do the languages migrants use in private and emotional domains define their cultural belonging more than the passport they have?

Lying and perception of lies by bilingual speakers

The role of language and emotional intelligence in judgments of real‐life social and moral transgressions among Greek, Hungarian, and British users of English

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