Swearing and Taboo Language - LING 269
Classes skipped: 6.5/7
terms and themes
- Taboo word taxonomy
- Types of swearing - informative, sociative, and emotive
- Aspects of linguistic meaning
- Grammar in linguistics
- Iconicity and sound symbolism
- Rules of expletive infixation
- X-phemisms
- Formal innovations for euphemisms
- Evolution of swearing
- Frigatives
- Etymology of the word fuck
- Fuck has two main uses with two different semantic and syntactic properties
- Swearing across cultures
- Swearing acquisition in L1
- Punishment is ineffective for curbing swearing in children
- Psychology of swearing
- Structure of the brain
- Evidence for brain lateralization
- The limbic system is responsible for the four Fs
- Coprolalia refers to uncontrollable, compulsive swearing or socially inappropriate remarks
- Tourette Syndrome
- Lalochezia refers to the emotional or physical relief from stress or pain gained by swearing
- Swearing is closely tied to power
- Free speech
- Defaming and libelous speech, words which pose an imminent danger, fighting words, and obscenity are unprotected by the First Amendment
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- U. Penn's 1993 "Water Buffalo" Incident
- Free speech is chilled when it is suppressed out of fear of punishment - chilling effect
readings
lectures
- 250108 LING 269 lecture 1 - defining taboo language
- 250110 LING 269 lecture 2 - classes of taboo words
- 250113 LING 269 lecture 3 - types of swearing
- 250115 LING 269 lecture 4 - aspects of meaning
- 250117 LING 269 lecture 5 - basics of grammar
- 250122 LING 269 lecture 6 - sound and meaning
- 250124 LING 269 lecture 7 - infixation
- 250128 LING 269 lecture 8 - x-phemisms
- 250129 LING 269 lecture 9 - types of euphemisms
- 250131 LING 269 lecture 10 - types of euphemisms and fauxphemisms
- 250203 LING 269 lecture 11 - history of English swearing
- 250205 LING 269 lecture 12 - history of English swearing continued
- 250210 LING 269 lecture 13 - history of English swear words
- 250212 LING 269 lecture 14 - fuck
- 250214 LING 269 lecture 15 - the grammar and syntax of fuck
- 250219 LING 269 lecture 16 - swearing across cultures
- 250221 LING 269 lecture 17 - swearing across cultures
- 250224 LING 269 lecture 18 - L1 swearing
- 250226 LING 269 lecture 19 - L2 swearing
- 250228 LING 269 lecture 20 - language and the brain, the basics
- 250303 LING 269 lecture 21 - the swearing brain
- 250306 LING 269 lecture 22 - the swearing brain
- 250307 LING 269 lecture 23 - socioswearing
- 250312 LING 269 lecture 24 - socioswearing
- 250312 LING 269 lecture 25 - swearing and law
- 250314 LING 269 lecture 26 - swearing and law