Autour de l'axiologie et de la dynamique lexicale du français dans les apostrophes genrées : entre insultes et réappropriations identitaires
| Title in English | On the Axiology and Lexical Dynamics of French in Gendered Apostrophes: Between Insults and Reappropriation of Identity |
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | This study explores the axiological dimension of gendered insults in francophone rap and, more broadly, across different discursive spaces. Combining lexicographic analysis, corpus-based exploration (FrTenTen, French Trends and RapCor boosted v1), and a sociolinguistic survey conducted among students, we examine the circulation and perception of several lexemes, including bitch, biatch, hoe, and especially tana. While bitch and biatch appear well established in discursive practices, tana emerges as a identitary neologism, rapidly diffused through TikTok and social media since 2024. Largely defined as a sexually derogatory insult, it is also reinterpreted through ironic or friendly uses, highlighting processes of resignification. The case of tana thus illustrates the dual status of gendered insults: instruments of marginalization on the one hand, and objects of reappropriation and discursive plasticity on the other, observable both in rap lyrics and in wider linguistic practices. |
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