Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in EnglishPenguin Adult, 26. mar. 1998 - 304 sider Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and various current trends, Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascinating, little discussed yet irrespressible part of our linguistic heritage. This second edition contains a Postscript updating various contemporary developments, such as the growth of Political Correctness. |
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Side 65
... attitudes are not simply a random exchange of character- speeches ; they are designed to encapsulate and juxtapose the prevalent views on religious language . The Parson's attitude ( which accords with that of Dan Michel and John ...
... attitudes are not simply a random exchange of character- speeches ; they are designed to encapsulate and juxtapose the prevalent views on religious language . The Parson's attitude ( which accords with that of Dan Michel and John ...
Side 197
... attitudes involved in extremes of free expression . The swashbuckling libertarianism of the early 1960s received something of a rebuff as traditional attitudes of propriety reasserted themselves . Lawrence Durrell's Preface to an ...
... attitudes involved in extremes of free expression . The swashbuckling libertarianism of the early 1960s received something of a rebuff as traditional attitudes of propriety reasserted themselves . Lawrence Durrell's Preface to an ...
Side 276
... attitudes : If you outlaw the term ' girl ' instead of ' woman ' you're not going to do a thing about the sexist attitudes underneath ... there is a tendency to confuse verbal purification with real social change . Now I'm all for ...
... attitudes : If you outlaw the term ' girl ' instead of ' woman ' you're not going to do a thing about the sexist attitudes underneath ... there is a tendency to confuse verbal purification with real social change . Now I'm all for ...
Indhold
IO Sexuality in Swearing | 206 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Appendices | 258 |
Copyright | |
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abuse adjective Afrikaans American Anglo-Saxon appear arse attitudes Australian bastard become Beowulf bitch blasphemous bloody Bowdler bugger C. S. Lewis called Canterbury Tales censorship century chapter Chaucer Christ cited comic common context culture cunt curse damn deriving developed Dictionary discussed dysphemic Eric Partridge euphemism example expletive fart fashion figure flyting foul language four-letter French fuck H. C. Wyld hell homosexual Hornadge idiom instance insult ironic John kaffir Kenneth Tynan Lady Lady Chatterley's Lover linguistic literal literary London Lord male meaning medieval Mencken Middle English minced oaths modern Norse notable oaths obscene observed originally Oxford phrase piss play political profanity racist recorded reference religious Robert Burchfield satirical seems semantic sense sexual Shakespeare shit shows social society speech subsequently swearing taboo tale thou tradition usage uttered variety verbal Victorian virtually vocabulary vulgar whore woman women word word-field