J 2023

Offensive language in media discussion forums: A pragmatic analysis

DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga and Renata POVOLNÁ

Basic information

Original name

Offensive language in media discussion forums: A pragmatic analysis

Authors

DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga (100 Bulgaria, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Renata POVOLNÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Lodz Papers in Pragmatics, Lodz, Polsko, De Gruyter, 2023, 1895-6106

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14410/23:00133085

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

DOI

Keywords in English

offensive language; context; speech acts; keywords; implicit offence; figurative semantic shifts; Czech media discussion forums

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 25/1/2024 09:30, Mgr. Daniela Marcollová

Abstract

V originále

This study intends to contribute to the delimitation of selected offensive language categories based on an analysis of a corpus of contributions to discussion forums in Czech online national newspapers and news platforms called Czech Corpus of Offensive Language (CCOL). It endeavours to study three problematic areas (1) delimitation between the speech acts performed, (ii) lexical realisation of specific properties of the target and (iii) identification and categorisation of implicit offence (e.g. figurative semantic shifts) by exploring contextual cues for the speech act identification, the keywords indicating the properties of the target and the types of semantic shifts in implicit expressions of offence. The findings indicate that annotation systems that do not use context information for the detection of offensive language may face problems with adequate interpretation of the language means under investigation.