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Wulgaryzmy w komunikowaniu politycznym
Vulgarisms in Political Communication

Author(s): Paweł Malendowicz
Subject(s): Political behavior, Politics and communication
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: vulgarism; political communication; language; politics;Internet;

Summary/Abstract: Vulgarisms – called indecent words in the language of Polishlaw, occur in the process of political communication. It involves thetwo-way flow of political messages between broadcasters and recipientswith the participation of the media. Vulgarism is a lexical unit thatcan exist in public space thanks to the media, but the Internet is theentity that perpetuates it. Verifying this hypothesis is the aim of thearticle. Vulgarisms perform many functions in the process of politicalcommunication. The most important of them are: discrediting, escapist,catharsis, descriptive, entertainment, provocative, and – symbolically –representation, integrating, delimiting, mobilizing.

  • Issue Year: 19/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 276-298
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish