Kapoor Hansika
Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala (Sec 25), 1103, Hillside, A Wing, Raheja Vihar, Powai, Mumbai, 400072, India.
J Psycholinguist Res. 2016 Apr;45(2):259-74. doi: 10.1007/s10936-014-9345-z.
Although swearing is taboo language, it frequently appears in daily conversations. To explain this paradox, two studies examined contextualized swearing in Indian and non-Indian participants. In Study 1, participants assessed the appropriateness of mild, moderate, and severe swears in casual and abusive contexts; in Study 2, participants completed contextual dialogues with mild, moderate, or severe swearwords. Results indicated that mild and moderate swears were more appropriate in casual settings than in abusive scenarios; severe swears were the most inappropriate, regardless of context. Mild and moderate swears were likely to be used to complete casual and abusive dialogues respectively, even though it was expected that severe swears would be compatible with abusive settings. Moreover, gender and nationality differences suggested that assessing appropriateness of swearing behaviour and likelihood of swearword usage provided independent and contrasting findings. Cultural variations in swearing behaviour, particularly contextualized swearing, and suggestions for further research are outlined.
尽管咒骂是禁忌语言，但它却频繁出现在日常对话中。为了解释这一矛盾现象，两项研究对印度和非印度参与者的情境咒骂进行了考察。在研究1中，参与者评估了轻度、中度和重度咒骂在随意和辱骂情境中的适宜性；在研究2中，参与者完成了包含轻度、中度或重度咒骂语的情境对话。结果表明，轻度和中度咒骂在随意情境中比在辱骂情境中更合适；重度咒骂无论在何种情境下都是最不合适的。轻度和中度咒骂可能分别用于完成随意和辱骂性对话，尽管预计重度咒骂会与辱骂情境相匹配。此外，性别和国籍差异表明，评估咒骂行为的适宜性和咒骂语使用的可能性会得出独立且截然不同的结果。本文概述了咒骂行为的文化差异，尤其是情境咒骂，并提出了进一步研究的建议。
