Jak wulgarne są wulgaryzmy? Kto i jak często przeklina? Studium empiryczne
How vulgar are vulgarisms? Who swears and how often? An empirical study

Summary/Abstract: Based on a questionnaire study with 120 university students and university graduates (50% women and 50% men), carried out in two age groups (20-23-year-olds and 40-60-year-olds), using a new proposal for the measurement (quantification) of linguistic data, the article attempts to find answers to the following questions: - What degree of vulgarity do female and male participants attribute to 65 vulgarisms? - What frequency of use of these terms do they declare? - Does the assessment of the level of vulgarity of the 65 expressions and the frequency of their use depend on the age and gender of the respondents? Thanks to the employed method, a hierarchy of the examined 65 items divided into 5 vulgarity classes (from the most to the least vulgar) and into 5 types from the most to the least frequently used was established and the results obtained by four groups consisting of older women, younger women, older men and younger men were specified and compared.

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