On Arschkriecher, Arschaffen, Assholes and Dumbasses – (Breaking) Taboos of the German Lexeme Arsch and the Polish Lexeme Dupa (on the Basis of Lexicographical Research) Cover Image

Über Arschkriecher, Arschaffen, dupki und głupie dupy – Zum sprachlichen Tabu(brechen) um den Arsch im Deutschen und dupa im Polnischen (am lexikographischen Material)
On Arschkriecher, Arschaffen, Assholes and Dumbasses – (Breaking) Taboos of the German Lexeme Arsch and the Polish Lexeme Dupa (on the Basis of Lexicographical Research)

Author(s): Joanna Szczęk
Subject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: ass; taboo; euphemism; dysphemism; linguistic taboo

Summary/Abstract: This article presents a lexical analysis of the German lexeme Arsch and the Polish lexeme dupa. The departure point is the thesis that linguistic taboos connected with this vulgarism are more and more often broken. This can be observed in the numerous examples given in the text and the formative and collocational potential of the analyzed lexemes.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 21-32
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: German