Journal Article

Offensive Language in Penguins of Madagascar Movie

Salama, Engy Gaber El-Sayed

2022

Overview

This study employs an eclectic model for the analysis of offensive language features in Penguins of Madagascar (2014), American children's movie. The model adopted involves a sociolinguistic perspective based on Tagliamonte's (2012) social variables and Holms' (2013) social factors and social dimensions. Other perspectives in the model adopted for the study include a semantic level, that focuses on connotation, denotation and euphemism as proposed by Allan & Burridge (2006), a pragmatic level, including deixis, and politeness according to Yule (2010), and a semiotic level, that revolves around visual representation of social actors network suggested by Van leeuwen (2008), facial expression by Ekman and Priesen (2003) and color by Kress& Van leeuwen (2002). The analysis yields the conclusion that there are no age, social class or gender differences in employing offensive words such as name-calling, verbal violence and insults that are used to express negative and aggressive emotions as well as to show intimacy, humor, solidarity and joy. These words are also used to discredit the counterparts and to provoke confrontations between distant participants.

• Publisher: جامعة قناة السويس - كلية الآداب والعلوم الإنسانية
• Subject: أفلام الكارتون / التعبير اللفظي / الرسوم المتحركة / علم الاجتماع اللغوي