Essays about: "derogatory linguistic strategies"

Found 1 essay containing the words derogatory linguistic strategies.

  1. 1. The power of insults : A study of condescending linguistic strategies in four English online discussion forums

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Anna Holmberg; [2008]
    Keywords : derogatory linguistic strategies; flaming; FTA; impoliteness; insults; threads;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how language is used, online, in a condescending way in order to make the recipient feel belittled. The research questions sought to find out what kind of linguistic strategies are used online in order to make language function in a derogatory way as well as the linguistic reactions these strategies evoke in the recipients. READ MORE