| Abstract [eng] |
The article deals with evaluative conceptualizations of swear words and invectives in the specialized literature on linguistics, although the number of scholarly papers directly thematizing swear words and invectives is rather small. The findings concerning the ways in which swear words and invectives are conceptualized will be presented in the form of theses. For this reason, a number of papers by scholars from Germany, Great Britain, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, Italy and Ukraine will be quoted as much as is necessary to get an overview of the notion and status of research into swear words and invectives. Furthermore, these observations enable the elicitation of usual evaluative conceptualizations of swear words and invectives. The spectrum of these conceptualizations spreads from absolutely negative to almost positive forms, representing not only the attitudes of scholars, but also those of the language and culture communities, towards the phenomenon. The three aspects of notion, research status and evaluative conceptualization present a complete picture of how to comprehend swear words and invectives as academic research objects in their own right. |
