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Ołtuszyk A.B. [Lexico-semantic analysis of the «lavender» lexicon in Polish] World of Science. Series: Sociology, Philology, Cultural Studies, 2021, Vol. 12, No. 2. Available at: https://sfk-mn.ru/PDF/04FLSK221.pdf (in Russian).

Lexico-semantic analysis of the «lavender» lexicon in Polish

Ołtuszyk Alina Barbara
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia
E-mail: Oltuszyk.alina.a@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4435-9894

Abstract. Recently, a new direction has appeared in linguistics — the so-called «lavender linguistics», which focuses on words and expressions related to the vocabulary used in relation to representatives of these groups or by themselves to indicate their preferences and differences. This work analyzes the words that denote the features of this new phenomenon in Polish culture, and the status of the «lavender» lexicon in the Polish language. The article defines which lexical units are the correct names in Polish for representatives of homosexual and bisexual orientation. Today the following forms are the most neutral: gej “gay”, lesbijka “lesbian”, kobieta biseksualna “bisexual woman”, mężczyzna biseksualny “bisexual man”, bi “bi”. As a result of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that this vocabulary contains this negative attitude of the Polish-speaking communicative community to a certain part of society, namely homosexual and bisexual. Most of all in the Polish language is expressed male homosexuality, which has the most lexical units about the nature of profanity. In second place is female homosexuality, and in third is bisexuality. Often, bisexuals, as a less visible group, are reduced to a more identifiable sexual orientation, i.e. homosexuality or bisexuality, depending on their current partner. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that for the first time the lexical units of the Polish language from the field of lavender linguistics, also known as Gayspeak, the LGBT language or the pink language, are subjected to a comprehensive analysis.

Keywords: Polish language; lavender linguistics; gay language; bisexuality; homosexuality; gender; gender linguistics

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