The perception of swear words by French learners of English: an experiment involving electrodermal activity

Hearing swear words or taboo words causes us discomfort. Research suggests that emotional responses caused by such words are stronger when the words are spoken in the listener’s first language (L1), rather than their second language (L2). We attempt to replicate these findings with a perceptual expe...

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Main Authors: Anastasija Rastovic, Maud Pélissier, Emmanuel Ferragne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2019-11-01
Series:Anglophonia
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/2254