INSULT AS AN INSTRUMENT OF VERBAL VIOLENCE IN SPEECH SITUATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION Cover Image

ОСКОРБЛЕНИЕ КАК ИНСТРУМЕНТ ЯЗЫКОВОГО НАСИЛИЯ В РЕЧЕВЫХ СИТУАЦИЯХ ИНСТИТУЦИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБЩЕНИЯ
INSULT AS AN INSTRUMENT OF VERBAL VIOLENCE IN SPEECH SITUATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION

Author(s): Tatyana Sergeyevna Shakhmatova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Psychology, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Sociology, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Personality Psychology, Behaviorism, Studies in violence and power
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: speech act of insult; verbal aggression; context of a speech act; verbal violence;

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the distinction between a reasonable criticism and an insult (humiliation) in the situation of unequal social status of communication participants. Insult is considered to be an instrument of verbal aggression, used for social pressure, constraint and communicative sadism. The paper justifies the conclusion that a linguistic expert ought to take into account the conditions of a speech act, particularly the status of an insulter and an insultee and the general context of communication, when analyzing the speech act of insult.

  • Issue Year: 155/2013
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 267-278
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian