The anthropocentric direction of modern linguistic research is of particular interest when studying animal tales. It highlights the importance of considering specific categories of verbal signs that shape ethnocultural marking and the worldview characteristics of an ethnic group. This study aimed to analyze animal tales using animalistic…

Data from the School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, a nationally representative sample survey of students ages 12 through 18, were used to analyze trends in hate-related words. The SCS study is completed every other year. Data from seven consecutive surveys are included in this report: school years 2000-01,…

Examined the verbal climate of Saturday morning programs by assessing: (1) prevalence of supportive, defensive, or neutral statements; (2) types of interpersonal responses-- aggressive, negative, positive, or neutral; and (3) general program variables as tone, format, character features, etc. The most obvious message offered was the White male's…

A content analysis was conducted to assess the verbal climate of Saturday morning television programs, the types of verbal aggression that appear in them, and the way verbal responses relate to other program variables. Three content analysis tools were developed and applied to ten half-hour program blocks drawn randomly from the regularly…

After describing scenes that reveal a pattern in which whites regard blacks' speech behavior as threatening, aggressive, or hostile, and in which blacks disagree with their interpretation, this paper explores differences between black and white cultural assumptions, values, and conventions of aggressive behavior to account for the different…