Toxic Language in East Asia
Linguistic Analysis of Aggression and Conflict
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 23. October 2026
Book
Hardback
266 pages
978-1-041-09646-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores examples of 'toxic language', the linguistic manifestations of societal conflicts and aggressions, that have arisen in Asian contexts.
By highlighting toxic language, a panoramic concept borrowed from computational linguistics, the book assesses hate speech, harassment, discrimination, cyberbullying, sarcasm, irony and other kinds of offensive, impolite and harmful language that targets individuals, groups and communities based on their gender, race and other factors. With extensive data collected from local and global social media platforms, such as YouTube, Twitter, and Weibo, and offline settings, including political debates, video bullet comments, and song lyrics, this book leverages pragmatics and sociolinguistics to analyze the specific constructions of toxic language, its culture-specific development, and its dynamics in relation to contemporary Asian societies.
Representing authentic data from Asian contexts including Brunei, China, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea, this book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Asian society, culture and language as well as researchers working in pragmatics and sociolinguistics.
By highlighting toxic language, a panoramic concept borrowed from computational linguistics, the book assesses hate speech, harassment, discrimination, cyberbullying, sarcasm, irony and other kinds of offensive, impolite and harmful language that targets individuals, groups and communities based on their gender, race and other factors. With extensive data collected from local and global social media platforms, such as YouTube, Twitter, and Weibo, and offline settings, including political debates, video bullet comments, and song lyrics, this book leverages pragmatics and sociolinguistics to analyze the specific constructions of toxic language, its culture-specific development, and its dynamics in relation to contemporary Asian societies.
Representing authentic data from Asian contexts including Brunei, China, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea, this book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Asian society, culture and language as well as researchers working in pragmatics and sociolinguistics.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced
Illustrations
29 s/w Tabellen, 10 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 10 s/w Abbildungen
29 Tables, black and white; 10 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-041-09646-7 (9781041096467)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Lucien Brown is Korea Foundation Associate Professor in Korean Studies at Monash University, Australia.
Xi Chen is Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Xi Chen is Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Content
1. Introduction: Toxic language
Part 1: Sexism, gendered language and toxic masculinity
2. Justifiable Toxicity: Perceptions, Shifting Meanings, and Usages of "Straight Man Cancer"
3. Connective Toxicity? A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis of Narratives and Linguistic Structures in Anti-Feminist Japanese Tweets
4. Agency and Strategic Restraint: Media Framing and The Price of Not Taking Offence in Japanese Political Discourse
5. Bytes of Bias: Offensive Language Towards Females and Males in Japanese Online Discourse
Part 2: Racist language and linguistic discrimination
6. Don't call me Cina: The racial politics of ethnonyms for Chinese Indonesians
7. The 'K'-Word: Racialized Label and Linguistic Othering of South Asians in Southeast Asia
8. Linguistic discrimination and subordination: North Korean refugees in South Korea
Part 3: Online hate speech and disembodied toxicity
9. Socio-pragmatic analysis of hate speech in Korean YouTube comments
10. Don't like her-Impoliteness in Danmaku comments
11. Much Ado About Nothing: Japanese Metalinguistic Discourses About Vulgarity in Ado's Usseewa
12. Techno-cultural affordances and toxic language practices in South Korea
Part 4: Ironic language across online and offline spaces
13. Interactional particles, irony and handling "toxic" language with care in Indonesian youth interactions
14. I may not be thanking you when I say "I thank you": Understanding ???? "I thank you" in Chinese online discourse
Part 1: Sexism, gendered language and toxic masculinity
2. Justifiable Toxicity: Perceptions, Shifting Meanings, and Usages of "Straight Man Cancer"
3. Connective Toxicity? A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis of Narratives and Linguistic Structures in Anti-Feminist Japanese Tweets
4. Agency and Strategic Restraint: Media Framing and The Price of Not Taking Offence in Japanese Political Discourse
5. Bytes of Bias: Offensive Language Towards Females and Males in Japanese Online Discourse
Part 2: Racist language and linguistic discrimination
6. Don't call me Cina: The racial politics of ethnonyms for Chinese Indonesians
7. The 'K'-Word: Racialized Label and Linguistic Othering of South Asians in Southeast Asia
8. Linguistic discrimination and subordination: North Korean refugees in South Korea
Part 3: Online hate speech and disembodied toxicity
9. Socio-pragmatic analysis of hate speech in Korean YouTube comments
10. Don't like her-Impoliteness in Danmaku comments
11. Much Ado About Nothing: Japanese Metalinguistic Discourses About Vulgarity in Ado's Usseewa
12. Techno-cultural affordances and toxic language practices in South Korea
Part 4: Ironic language across online and offline spaces
13. Interactional particles, irony and handling "toxic" language with care in Indonesian youth interactions
14. I may not be thanking you when I say "I thank you": Understanding ???? "I thank you" in Chinese online discourse