Extralinguistic variables in the use of euphemism and dysphemism in university students from Lima

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The sociolinguistic perspective provides an overview of why university students make use of euphemisms and dysphemisms during their development in daily life. The objective of the research was to determine the difference between the use of euphemisms and dysphemisms according to extralinguistic variables in university students from Lima. For the development of the research, the quantitative method of non-experimental, cross-sectional design was applied, the non-probabilistic sample was made up of a total of 52 university students. The survey technique was applied and the questionnaire as an instrument, which obtained a reliability of Cronbach's Alpha greater than 0.7. The descriptive results indicated the existence of differences in the use of euphemism and dysphemism in university students in terms of gender, age and place of origin. International researchers (Morales, 2021; Fernández, 2014; Ríos, 2011) and Peruvians (Quesada et al., 2000; Giraldo, 2014) agree with the results of the research. The hypothesis test with the Wilcoxon statistic for related samples resulted in a p-value less than 0.05, it is concluded that there is a difference between the use of euphemism and dysphemism according to extralinguistic variables in university students from Lima.
 

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Variable extralingüísticaeufemismodisfemismoléxicosemánticaExtralinguistic variableeuphemismdysphemismlexiconsemantics