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Abstract

This study is a linguistic approach to "gender oriented" insulting. After touching on some generic features of linguistic aggression (already censored by Medieval treaty texts on the sins of the language) and of identity and diversity expressed via words, the work points out the aspect of linguistic sexism which seem to set up a "negativity" of the "feminine" in itself. The central part of the work focuses on the Italian words which, as an act of detracting or direct insult, more often deal with women: "strega" and, above all, "puttana". Of the latter it is remembered the wide range of synonyms (euphemistic or dysphemistic, denotative or connotative, cultivated or dialectal) one finds in the history of Italian up to the most recent foreignism ("escort"); some of them are analyzed as useful to semantic and socio-cultural considerations. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Details

Title
"Chi dice donna dice...". Le parole come strumento di infamia
Author
D'Achille, Paolo
Pages
13-30
Publication year
2010
Publication date
2010/2011
Publisher
Firenze University Press Università degli Studi di Firenze
ISSN
18267513
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English, Italian
ProQuest document ID
900994457
Copyright
Copyright Firenze University Press 2010/2011