Description

• Title:
  Obscene, Offensive or “Funny”? On the Social Perception of Several Types of Local Place Names in the Polish-Eastern Slavic Borderland
• Creator:
  Koper , Mariusz
• Description:
  This article examines local place names which may, due to their form or their use in a wider context of a speech act, be considered to be obscene, offensive or funny. The first group includes names that evoke troublesome associations, even though they are not, etymologically speaking, connected with the taboo sphere (e.g. Gacie, Hujsko, Podupce). The second group consists of place names whose obscene or humorous character is recognisable only by those with relevant linguistic knowledge and awareness (e.g. Przedrzymiechy, Pukarzów, Tarzymiechy). The third and final group contains names whose potentially ridiculous and humorous character is present only when accompanied by a broader text and context of an utterance (e.g. Nielisz, Niemce, Cyców).
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2021 Mariusz Koper
• Date:
  2021.12.27
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Artykuł recenzowany
• Language:
  Polish;
  pol
• Source:
  Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Językoznawcza; Tom 28 Nr 2 (2021); 259-270;
  2450-4939;
  1233-8672
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pspsj/article/view/30946/27467
• Subject:
  Polish-East Slavic borderland;
  obscene names;
  offensive names;
  funny names;
  language policy;
  folk and scientific etymology
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pspsj/article/view/30946
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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• Type:
  other