Aggressive Language in Literature: A Pragmatic Approach

Autor/inn/en	Kadhim, Hanan Abdul-kareem; Mohammed, Wafaa Sahib Mehdi
Titel	Aggressive Language in Literature: A Pragmatic Approach
Quelle	In: Arab World English Journal, 12 (2021) 4, S.224-242 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kadhim, Hanan Abdul-kareem) ORCID (Mohammed, Wafaa Sahib Mehdi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2229-9327
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Antisocial Behavior; Pragmatics; Psychological Patterns; English Literature; Language Usage; Interpersonal Communication; Speech Acts; Figurative Language; Linguistic Theory; Verbal Communication; Drama; Literary Devices; Language Styles + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pragmalinguistik; Englische literatur; Sprachgebrauch; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Sprechakt; Linguistische Theorie; Schauspiel; Literaturarbeit; Sprachstil
Abstract	Aggression is a negative form of an anti-social behavior. It is produced because of a particular reason, desire, want, need, or due to the psychological state of the aggressor. It injures others physically or psychologically. Aggressive behaviors in human interactions cause discomfort and disharmony among interlocutors. The paper aims to identify how aggressive language manifests itself in the data under scrutiny in terms of the pragmatic paradigm. Two British literary works are the data; namely, "Look Back in Anger" by John Osborne (1956), and "The Birthday Party" by Harold Pinter (1957). This paper endeavors to answer the question of how aggressive language is represented in literature pragmatically? It is hoped to be significant to linguistic and psychological studies in that it clarifies how aggression is displayed in human communications linguistically. Qualitative and quantitative analyses are conducted to verify the findings. It ends with some concluding remarks, the most important of which are: insulting, belittling, ridiculing and threatening are prevalent speech acts; simile, hyperbole, metaphor and repetition appear due to Grice's maxims breaching while the use of taboo words, calling names, or abusive words are the impoliteness strategies that are distinguished in the data. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01