(BE)SCHIMPFEN im deutschen und polnischen Kontrast – Soziolinguistische und pragmatische Aspekte einer Sprechhandlung (am Beispiel der tierischen Schimpfnamen)

Abstract

Abusing and insulting are verbal actions that are implemented in language in different ways. Specificity of abusing and linguistic means of expressing them results from many aspects of sociolinguistic and pragmatic nature. It is the concrete use of a given insult in the sitatuion context that launches its meaning in its entirety. The subject of the article are sociolinguistic and pragmatic aspects that influence usage and meaning of insults. Research material are zoonotic insults in German and Polish. The aim of the analysis is to indicate similarities and differences in the indicated scope.