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 228
... concerns bitch , recorded from c.1400 . Here the obser- vation of Grose ( 1785 ) certainly carries weight : " The most ... concerned with the heterosexual roles of women and their semantic correlatives , since these aspects have become ...
... concerns bitch , recorded from c.1400 . Here the obser- vation of Grose ( 1785 ) certainly carries weight : " The most ... concerned with the heterosexual roles of women and their semantic correlatives , since these aspects have become ...
Side 249
... concerned with strangers or outsiders depict them as rivals , invaders , pagans and perverts . It would appear from an analysis of these mainsprings of swearing that people swear by what is most potent to them . Hence the decline in ...
... concerned with strangers or outsiders depict them as rivals , invaders , pagans and perverts . It would appear from an analysis of these mainsprings of swearing that people swear by what is most potent to them . Hence the decline in ...
Side 257
... concerned broadcast language . 7 The ban on woofter seemed especially absurd , since the word was virtually unknown . See Paul Johnson , ' Storm in a Powder - Puff ' ( Spectator , 26 May 1990 ) , p . 25 . 8 Encounter , November 1965 , p ...
... concerned broadcast language . 7 The ban on woofter seemed especially absurd , since the word was virtually unknown . See Paul Johnson , ' Storm in a Powder - Puff ' ( Spectator , 26 May 1990 ) , p . 25 . 8 Encounter , November 1965 , p ...
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