Zum Beleidigungspotential der von Tiernamen abgeleiteten Personenbezeichnungen im Deutschen

The animal world is one of the human immediate sources of inspiration when it comes to creating language units. Selected animals have become identified with particular traits and types of behavior which are subsequently applied to human beings. One of the areas in which this is especially visible is...

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Main Author: Joanna Szczęk
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Szczecin University Press 2018-01-01
Series:Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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Online Access:https://wnus.edu.pl/cgs/de/issue/520/article/10558/
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description The animal world is one of the human immediate sources of inspiration when it comes to creating language units. Selected animals have become identified with particular traits and types of behavior which are subsequently applied to human beings. One of the areas in which this is especially visible is a group of personal insults created on the basis of animal names. This article attempts to create a list of German animal traits which are attributed to people and consequently constitute a source of personal insults.
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spelling doaj.art-9bf8a6788f2d4ea18b1b0f0288cc63442022-12-21T19:59:24ZdeuSzczecin University PressColloquia Germanica Stetinensia2450-85432018-01-012710.18276/cgs.2018.27-10Zum Beleidigungspotential der von Tiernamen abgeleiteten Personenbezeichnungen im DeutschenJoanna Szczęk0Uniwersytet WrocławskiThe animal world is one of the human immediate sources of inspiration when it comes to creating language units. Selected animals have become identified with particular traits and types of behavior which are subsequently applied to human beings. One of the areas in which this is especially visible is a group of personal insults created on the basis of animal names. This article attempts to create a list of German animal traits which are attributed to people and consequently constitute a source of personal insults.https://wnus.edu.pl/cgs/de/issue/520/article/10558/personal insultsanimal traitsoffensive expressions
spellingShingle Joanna Szczęk
Zum Beleidigungspotential der von Tiernamen abgeleiteten Personenbezeichnungen im Deutschen
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
personal insults
animal traits
offensive expressions
title Zum Beleidigungspotential der von Tiernamen abgeleiteten Personenbezeichnungen im Deutschen
title_full Zum Beleidigungspotential der von Tiernamen abgeleiteten Personenbezeichnungen im Deutschen
title_fullStr Zum Beleidigungspotential der von Tiernamen abgeleiteten Personenbezeichnungen im Deutschen
title_full_unstemmed Zum Beleidigungspotential der von Tiernamen abgeleiteten Personenbezeichnungen im Deutschen
title_short Zum Beleidigungspotential der von Tiernamen abgeleiteten Personenbezeichnungen im Deutschen
title_sort zum beleidigungspotential der von tiernamen abgeleiteten personenbezeichnungen im deutschen
topic personal insults
animal traits
offensive expressions
url https://wnus.edu.pl/cgs/de/issue/520/article/10558/
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