Disciplines
Linguistics and Literature (100%)
Keywords
Verbal Aggression,
Quarrel,
Conflict Situation,
Pejorative Lexical Units,
Abusive Words,
Aggressive Speech Acts
Abstract
Individual and general factors influence on the verbal expression of aggression
The aim of this project is to study semantic, pragmalinguistic and sociolinguistic aspects of verbal aggression in
everyday life of residents of mother country - city Vienna, who are representatives of three social groups, and to
give answers on such important questions:
reasons and functions of verbal aggression;
forms of verbal aggression (aggressive verbal acts);
role and part of individual, social, educational and general factors in expression and perception of verbal
aggression;
typology of quarrels;
reflection of stereotypical ideas and value orientations in abusive words;
mechanism of making neutral lexical units pejorative in context;
correlation between lexical meaning and actual meaning of the word;
Speech, which is social act, reflects social relations. Verbal aggression incarnates important aspect of expressive
language function, which is expression of negative emotions of the speaker. Investigation of the reasons of the
origin and forms of expression of verbal aggression is the first step in overcoming aggression in modern world.
Thus, the project has direct tangency to social sphere of modern society.
Side by side with linguistic methods of investigation, such as componential analyses, communicative analyses and
pragmalinguistic analyses, one of the most important methods of empirical social investigation - intensive
interview will be enabled in the frame of project. Tendency to enable methods of social disciplines is typical for
modern linguistics and contributes to the objectivity of investigation.