Ethics and culture of communication are created so that people have the opportunity to talk secularly, without using obscene words. However, swearing is an integral part of vernacular, a universal way of expressing emotions, so linguists and other language specialists pay attention to its study.
Instructions
Step 1
First, you need to figure out if there is a difference in the concepts of "mate" and "swearing". In the Russian language there is a fairly large number of swear words that are obscene, abusive, unprintable. Most of them were not always considered indecent and at one time even had the subtext of praise. Today, among the swear words, a separate group is distinguished, called obscene words.
Step 2
Traditionally, the abusive names of the genitals and their parts, as well as the process of intercourse, are referred to mat. In addition, all possible modified and smoothed forms of these words are considered obscene. At one time, V. Dal, collecting material for his explanatory dictionary, did not single out obscene expressions into a separate category, in his notes they existed on a par with all everyday expressions.
Step 3
Following the definition of foul language, it should be noted that the word "bitch" is not abusive, it is just the name of the sex of dogs. Male - "male", female, respectively, "bitch". Just as there is a division into "cat" and "cat", "bull" and "cow", "ram" and "sheep".
Step 4
Strictly speaking, this word is not even a curse, because these include expressions that are scornful, abusive, derogatory. Their list can be found in special sections of dictionaries, but "bitch" is not found there. Otherwise, the words “goat”, “horse”, “pig” and many others had to be included there.
Step 5
However, it just so happened, and the reasons for this may become a topic for a whole study, that the attitude to the word "bitch" is special. And to call a person like that is much more offensive than a "dog" or "dog". That is why today there is a misconception that this concept refers to abusive. Of course, at this stage in the development of the language this is not the case, although over time the "bitch" may well migrate to the section of obscene language, such examples already exist in history.
Step 6
There are quite compelling prerequisites for such a transition. For example, you can even find in serious publications about dog breeding the division of puppies not into "dogs" and "bitches", but into "boys" and "girls", which by definition is incorrect, since boys and girls are still people. Such reassurance is called overcorrection, but such a discrepancy is perceived quite adequately.
Step 7
Following this path, many modern Internet publications on grammar and other sections of the language, speaking about the definition of the word "bitch", already use two interpretations:
- female dog;
- a frivolous, lustful woman (rudeness).
But even this does not in any way bring this word closer to obscene ones.
