“All women are like that”: an overview of linguistic deindividualization and dehumanization of women in the incelosphere

IF 1.1 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2024-03-11 DOI:10.1515/lingvan-2023-0112

Ewelina Prażmo

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Abstract

This article provides an overview of linguistic strategies used in the incel community to deindividualize and dehumanize women. Among the most common ways of referring to women there is the use of generic labels (Stacy, Becky), conceptual metaphor (warpig, landwhale) including creative metaphorical morphology (foid, femoid), conceptual metonymy (hole, extrahole), and conceptual metaphtonymy (roastie). The consistent use of such terms within the incelosphere contributes to perpetuating harmful attitudes and potentially even justifying violent and abusive conduct towards women. For this reason, the language of dehumanization in general, and the misogynist discourse of incels in particular, warrants closer attention. This study is carried out within the methodological framework of cognitive semantics and adds to the expanding research on the discourse of the manosphere and the incelosphere.

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"所有女性都是这样的"：非礼圈中女性的语言去个性化和非人化概述

这篇文章概述了乱伦群体使用的语言策略，这些策略将女性去个体化和非人化。在提及女性的最常见方式中，包括使用通用标签（斯泰西、贝琪）、概念隐喻（翘头猪、陆鲸），包括创造性的隐喻形态（foid、femoid）、概念隐喻（洞、洞外）和概念隐喻（rockie）。在乱伦圈中持续使用这些术语会助长有害的态度，甚至有可能为针对女性的暴力和虐待行为开脱。因此，"非人化 "的语言，尤其是 "乱伦者 "的厌女论，值得密切关注。本研究是在认知语义学的方法论框架内进行的，为有关男性圈和非男性圈话语的不断扩大的研究增添了新的内容。

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