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Publication details [#66385]

DeFrank, Melanie and Patricia Kahlbaugh. 2019. Language Choice Matters: When Profanity Affects How People Are Judged. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 38 (1) : 126–141.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
dyadic interaction | gender | impression management | judgment | language choice | swearing
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications
Journal WWW
www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

Swearing is prevalent in our society, but the influence of such language choices on judgments of others is not well understood. This inquiry explores how the composition of conversational dyads, speaker’s gender, and use of profanity influence impressions.