Creatively hateful labelling of the “Other”: Neologisms in internet comments

So far, neologisms have been analysed in relation to hateful and aggressive content to a very limited extent and often in a fragmented manner. This paper focuses on the language of “othering” as a central component of hate speech, examining it in Lithuanian internet comments. Special emphasis is...

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Main Author: Jūratė Ruzaitė
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Language:English
Published: Editura Universitatii din Oradea 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://studiidelingvistica.uoradea.ro/docs/14-2-2024/pdf-uri/Ruzaite.pdf
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description So far, neologisms have been analysed in relation to hateful and aggressive content to a very limited extent and often in a fragmented manner. This paper focuses on the language of “othering” as a central component of hate speech, examining it in Lithuanian internet comments. Special emphasis is placed on neologisms, which serve as creative linguistic forms used to express “othering”. The dataset consists of 10,662 comments, totalling 284,226 tokens. In order to assess the level of creativity associated with different degrees of hostility, the data encompasses neutral comments, offensive comments, and those containing potentially illegal hate speech. The research findings are presented by examining the distribution of neologisms across the three types of comments and analysing the types of neologisms employed to create novel forms referring to the Other.
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Creatively hateful labelling of the “Other”: Neologisms in internet comments
Studii de Lingvistica
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creativity
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the other
internet comments
lithuanian
title Creatively hateful labelling of the “Other”: Neologisms in internet comments
title_full Creatively hateful labelling of the “Other”: Neologisms in internet comments
title_fullStr Creatively hateful labelling of the “Other”: Neologisms in internet comments
title_full_unstemmed Creatively hateful labelling of the “Other”: Neologisms in internet comments
title_short Creatively hateful labelling of the “Other”: Neologisms in internet comments
title_sort creatively hateful labelling of the other neologisms in internet comments
topic hate speech
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the other
internet comments
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