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dc.contributor.authorFälthammar Schippers, Anna
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-28T11:47:34Z
dc.date.available2014-04-28T11:47:34Z
dc.date.issued2014-04-28
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/35743
dc.description.abstractThis essay is a study on swearing in modern English on television from a sociolinguistic point of view, taking into account the effect that variables such as nationality, social class and gender might have on the expletive usage in the examined material. After a general discussion of expletives and their functions, the question of whether there is a relationship between gender and the use of expletives is addressed. A review of previous research on the subject suggests a difference in opinion between traditional sociolinguistic studies, in which the differences between male and female speech have often been highlighted, and where female speech has been characterized as more polite, aiming for standard language and avoiding expletives, while modern feminist critics argue that these are stereotypes perpetuated through the ages which have little support of empirical evidence. The second half of the paper reports the results from an investigation on the use of expletives in two reality television programs with the same basic features; one American – Jersey Shore, and one British – Geordie Shore. The results of this investigation seem to contradict the stereotypical notions of women as less prone to use expletives than men. Possible reasons for this, including group identity and social class, are discussed.sv
dc.language.isoengsv
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSPL kandidatuppsats i engelskasv
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSPL 2014-004sv
dc.subjectEngelskasv
dc.subjectswear wordssv
dc.subjectexpletivessv
dc.subjectcovert prestigesv
dc.subjectgendersv
dc.subjectreality televisionsv
dc.titleBad Language in Reality: A study of swear words, expletives and gender in reality televisionsv
dc.typeText
dc.setspec.uppsokHumanitiesTheology
dc.type.uppsokM2
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Gothenburg/Department of Languages and Literatureseng
dc.contributor.departmentGöteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerswe
dc.type.degreeStudent essay


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