Abstract

Why do people take offence at things that are said? What is it exactly about the offending utterance which causes this negative reaction? How well motivated are these responses?

Keywords:
Offensive Utterance Linguistics Psychology Philosophy Mathematics Operations research

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Citation History

Topics

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Social Sciences →  Arts and Humanities →  Language and Linguistics
Deception detection and forensic psychology
Social Sciences →  Psychology →  Social Psychology
Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
Social Sciences →  Social Sciences →  Communication

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