Creatively hateful labelling of the “Other”: Neologisms in internet comments
So far, neologisms have been analysed in relation to hateful and aggressive content to a very limited extent and often in a fragmented manner. This paper focuses on the language of “othering” as a central component of hate speech, examining it in Lithuanian internet comments. Special emphasis is...
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| Language: | English |
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Editura Universitatii din Oradea
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Studii de Lingvistica |
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| Online Access: | https://studiidelingvistica.uoradea.ro/docs/14-2-2024/pdf-uri/Ruzaite.pdf |
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| Summary: | So far, neologisms have been analysed in relation to
hateful and aggressive content to a very limited extent and often in a
fragmented manner. This paper focuses on the language of “othering”
as a central component of hate speech, examining it in Lithuanian
internet comments. Special emphasis is placed on neologisms, which
serve as creative linguistic forms used to express “othering”. The
dataset consists of 10,662 comments, totalling 284,226 tokens. In
order to assess the level of creativity associated with different degrees
of hostility, the data encompasses neutral comments, offensive
comments, and those containing potentially illegal hate speech.
The research findings are presented by examining the distribution
of neologisms across the three types of comments and analysing the
types of neologisms employed to create novel forms referring to the
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| ISSN: | 2248-2547 2284-5437 |