L'evolució del llenguatge vulgar a les sèries de producció pròpia catalanes: de Majoria absoluta (2002) a Benvinguts a la família (2018)

Rambla Jordi, Sara

L'evolució del llenguatge vulgar a les sèries de producció pròpia catalanes: de Majoria absoluta (2002) a Benvinguts a la família (2018)

Citation

Rambla Jordi, S. L'evolució del llenguatge vulgar a les sèries de producció pròpia catalanes: de Majoria absoluta (2002) a Benvinguts a la família (2018). 2022. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/54034

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Abstract

Insults, curse words and swear words are part of the linguistic inventory of every speaker of a language and are used in colloquial and informal contexts. Fictional works try to show situations in the most realistic way possible, but how realistic can they truly be? This paper analyzes the use of vulgar language in Catalan mediatized colloquial to see its evolution, as well as the value and gradation of vulgarity given to it by speakers and lexicographic works. To achieve that, the scripts of two Catalan TV series with a release difference of 16 years are studied, Majoria absoluta (2002) and Benvinguts a la família (2018). The vulgarisms are extracted and consulted in different dictionaries to see what labels they are given. Once analyzed, the words are presented in a survey for speakers of different ages to grade them according to their level of vulgarity. The results show a rise in the use of vulgar forms and expressions in Catalan TV series, although in a very repetitive fashion. In the subject of labeling in dictionaries, there’s a slight subjectivity when it comes to using one label or another, which at many times creates a discrepancy between works. Lastly, the difference observed in the judgement of speakers of different generations about the vulgarity of the words studied, it is rather small, which reveals a moderate uniformity.