Abstract
Taboos, as a class of linguistic tools, reveal the users' personal emotions and feelings as well as sociolinguistic attitudes of the society. The objectives of the present study were to classify common taboo words used in Shoushtar city, Iran, and to examine the effect of social variables of age, gender, ethnicity and education on its usage. The present descriptive-analytic research was carried out by direct observation and a questionnaire. From among 160 examinees, 140 answered the questions completely and their answers were analyzed by means of statistic tests. The study indicates that both women and men of Shoushtar use 4 classes of taboo words when they are angry or upset. The results indicate that from among the above-mentioned social variables, age and gender have a significant effect on the use of these words (P= 0.015); men use more taboo words than women and 15-19-year-old examines use them more than the other age groups. Moreover, the variables of ethnicity and education have no significant effect on the use of taboo words in Shoushtari language society (P= 0.89).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 28-36 |
| Journal | Iranian Journal of Sociolinguistics |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |