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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... century . However , the older excretory terms have remarkable histories in this regard : fart goes back to c.1450 ... century , was still flourishing as a seventeenth - century epithet of abuse , as in a reference to ' a Scurvy shit ...
... century . However , the older excretory terms have remarkable histories in this regard : fart goes back to c.1450 ... century , was still flourishing as a seventeenth - century epithet of abuse , as in a reference to ' a Scurvy shit ...
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... century of ' the spiritual head of a Mohammedan or pagan religion ' ; Purchase's Pilgrimage ( 1613 ) observes : ' In ... century later . ) The hostile vocabulary surrounding Rome has older roots , going back to the Wycliffite criticisms ...
... century of ' the spiritual head of a Mohammedan or pagan religion ' ; Purchase's Pilgrimage ( 1613 ) observes : ' In ... century later . ) The hostile vocabulary surrounding Rome has older roots , going back to the Wycliffite criticisms ...
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... century and all appear in Grose ( 1785 ) . Others which may be added to the list are Frenchified ( the mort is frenchified ' = ' the wench is infected ' ) and the Frenchman . It is hardly surprising that the technical description of the ...
... century and all appear in Grose ( 1785 ) . Others which may be added to the list are Frenchified ( the mort is frenchified ' = ' the wench is infected ' ) and the Frenchman . It is hardly surprising that the technical description of the ...
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