What did you just call me? European and American ratings of the valence of Ethnophaulisms.

Rice, D. and Abrams, D. and Badea, C. and Bohner, G. and Carnaghi, A. and Dementi, L.I. and Durkin, K. and Ehmann, B. and Hodson, G. and Kokdemir, D. and Masip, J. and Moran, A. and Oswald, M.E. and Ouwerkerk, J.W. and Reber, R. and Schroeder, J. and Tasiopoulou, K. and Trzebinski, J. (2010) What did you just call me? European and American ratings of the valence of Ethnophaulisms. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 29 . pp. 117-131.

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Abstract

Previous work has examined the relative valence (positivity or negativity) of ethnophaulisms (ethnic slurs) targeting European immigrants to the United States. However, this relied on contemporary judgments made by American researchers. The present study examined valence judgments made by citizens from the countries examined in previous work. Citizens of 17 European nations who were fluent in English rated ethnophaulisms targeting their own group as well as ethnophaulisms targeting immigrants from England. American students rated ethnophaulisms for all 17 European nations, providing a comparison from members of the host society. Ratings made by the European judges were (a) consistent with those made by the American students and (b) internally consistent for raters’ own country and for the common target group of the English. Following discussion of relevant methodological issues, the authors examine the theoretical significance of their results.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled keywords:	Europeans • ethnophaulisms • ethnic slurs • valence • complexity
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User:	Anna Johns
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2010 12:09
Last Modified:	06 Sep 2011 04:46
Resource URI:	http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/23781 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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