Tabu – aspekty pragmatyczne
Taboo: pragmatic aspects

Summary/Abstract: The author considers the problem of language taboo in the communication processes. Although usually taboo is regarded as a phenomenon of lexical nomination and concerns forbidden words, the author shows that the language prohibitions occur at all levels: language/speech, discourse/text, sentence/speech act, word/word combination, and phoneme/grapheme. The author pays particular attention to the description of taboo in the field of verbal behavior. Some separate subjects of consideration are such phenomena as political correctness, reintroduction, changing taboos, silence, avoidance speech and others. The empirical material of Slavic and Germanic languages is taken into account.

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