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Persian Immigrants' Language Choice for Swearing: The Effects of Socio-Biographical Variables and Personality Traits
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Nooshin Shakiba; Karyn Stapleton – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Swearing uses language forms that are taboo and potentially offensive. These are often used for emotional expression. Multilingual research shows that because the first language retains most emotional force (Dewaele [2004]. "The Emotional Force of Swearwords and Taboo Words in the Speech of Multilinguals." "Journal of Multilingual…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Indo European Languages, Native Language, Language Usage
Attitudes towards Foreign Accents among Adult Multilingual Language Users
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc; McCloskey, James – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
The present study investigates inter-individual variation (linked to personality traits, multilingualism and sociobiographical variables) in the attitudes that 2035 multilinguals have of their own and others' foreign accent (FA). Data were collected through an online questionnaire. We found that multilinguals who were extraverted, emotionally…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Pronunciation, Multilingualism
Self-Reported Frequency of Swearing in English: Do Situational, Psychological and Sociobiographical Variables Have Similar Effects on First and Foreign Language Users?
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
An analysis of data collected from 2347 users of English on their self-reported swearing behaviour in English revealed significant higher values for the 1159 native English (L1) users than for the 1165 English foreign language (LX) users. Parallel analyses on the data of the L1 and LX users revealed that the interlocutor effect was slightly…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Usage
Attitudes towards Code-Switching among Adult Mono- and Multilingual Language Users
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Wei, Li – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
The present study investigates inter-individual variation (linked to personality traits, multilingualism and sociobiographical variables) in attitudes towards code-switching (CS) among 2070 multilinguals. Data were collected through an online questionnaire. We found that high levels of Tolerance of Ambiguity (TA) and Cognitive Empathy (CE), and…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Adults, Multilingualism, Monolingualism