Taboo language research in the new millennium. A literature review

Taboo and taboo naming are not single, unified phenomena that can be addressed from a single perspective. Indeed, in the last twenty-five years, linguistic research on taboo avoidance and taboo breaking, that is, on euphemism and dysphemism, has spanned across different, yet interconnected, linguist...

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Autor: Crespo Fernández, Eliecer
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
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Acesso em linha:https://dx.doi.org/10.5209/cjes.102066
https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CJES/article/view/102066
https://hdl.handle.net/10578/44510
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Palavra-chave:Dysphemism
Euphemism
Linguistic interdiction
Literature review
Taboo
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spelling Taboo language research in the new millennium. A literature reviewCrespo Fernández, EliecerDysphemismEuphemismLinguistic interdictionLiterature reviewTabooTaboo and taboo naming are not single, unified phenomena that can be addressed from a single perspective. Indeed, in the last twenty-five years, linguistic research on taboo avoidance and taboo breaking, that is, on euphemism and dysphemism, has spanned across different, yet interconnected, linguistic fields, including cognitive semantics, discourse studies, pragmatics and sociolinguistics, among others. In this regard, the goal of this paper is to offer an overview of the state of work in taboo-related research in the twenty-first century (2000-2024) in the Anglophone academic context and, by doing so, make the existing work accessible to a wide academic community. This study provides insights into the academic disciplines involved in taboo language research, main publication formats, most cited publications and relevant journals in the field. The literature review shows that discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and pragmatics rank the most relevant research disciplines, followed, at a distance, by cognitive semantics, psycholinguistics and translation studies. Accordingly, the academic journals publishing work on taboo-related language range from those that are general in scope to others devoted to specific research areas or subjects, which shows the interdisciplinary nature of taboo language research in the new millennium.El tabú y el tabú lingüístico no son fenómenos que se puedan analizar desde una única perspectiva. De hecho, en los últimos 25 años, en la investigación sobre la atenuación y ruptura del tabú en el lenguaje, es decir, sobre el eufemismo y el disfemismo, han participado diferentes, aunque complementarias, disciplinas lingüísticas, como la semántica cognitiva, el análisis del discurso, la pragmática y la sociolingüística. En este sentido, el presente estudio ofrece una visión panorámica de la investigación sobre el tabú lingüístico en el siglo XXI (2000-2024) en el contexto académico anglosajón: principales disciplinas aplicadas a la investigación sobre el tabú lingüístico, formatos de publicación, publicaciones de mayor impacto y revistas académicas más relevantes. La revisión bibliográfica que aquí se presenta demuestra que el análisis del discurso, la sociolingüística y la pragmática son las disciplinas más destacadas, seguidas, a cierta distancia, por la semántica cognitiva, la psicolingüística y la traductología. Así, las revistas científicas que publican trabajos sobre el tabú verbal incluyen tanto aquellas de orientación más generalista como las que se centran en disciplinas concretas o temas específicos, lo que demuestra la naturaleza multi- e interdisciplinar de la investigación sobre el tabú lingüístico en el nuevo milenio.Ediciones Complutense202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://dx.doi.org/10.5209/cjes.102066https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CJES/article/view/102066https://hdl.handle.net/10578/44510reponame:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLMinstname:Universidad de Castilla-La ManchaInglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/445102026-05-27T07:36:41Z
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title Taboo language research in the new millennium. A literature review
spellingShingle Taboo language research in the new millennium. A literature review
Crespo Fernández, Eliecer
Dysphemism
Euphemism
Linguistic interdiction
Literature review
Taboo
title_short Taboo language research in the new millennium. A literature review
title_full Taboo language research in the new millennium. A literature review
title_fullStr Taboo language research in the new millennium. A literature review
title_full_unstemmed Taboo language research in the new millennium. A literature review
title_sort Taboo language research in the new millennium. A literature review
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Crespo Fernández, Eliecer
author Crespo Fernández, Eliecer
author_facet Crespo Fernández, Eliecer
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Dysphemism
Euphemism
Linguistic interdiction
Literature review
Taboo
topic Dysphemism
Euphemism
Linguistic interdiction
Literature review
Taboo
description Taboo and taboo naming are not single, unified phenomena that can be addressed from a single perspective. Indeed, in the last twenty-five years, linguistic research on taboo avoidance and taboo breaking, that is, on euphemism and dysphemism, has spanned across different, yet interconnected, linguistic fields, including cognitive semantics, discourse studies, pragmatics and sociolinguistics, among others. In this regard, the goal of this paper is to offer an overview of the state of work in taboo-related research in the twenty-first century (2000-2024) in the Anglophone academic context and, by doing so, make the existing work accessible to a wide academic community. This study provides insights into the academic disciplines involved in taboo language research, main publication formats, most cited publications and relevant journals in the field. The literature review shows that discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and pragmatics rank the most relevant research disciplines, followed, at a distance, by cognitive semantics, psycholinguistics and translation studies. Accordingly, the academic journals publishing work on taboo-related language range from those that are general in scope to others devoted to specific research areas or subjects, which shows the interdisciplinary nature of taboo language research in the new millennium.
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