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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... consequence arising from , for example , Chamberlain challenging Hitler to a duel on the parallel grounds of the Führer's abrogation of their agreement signed at Munich in 1938 . Personal insults can likewise have devastating consequences ...
... consequence arising from , for example , Chamberlain challenging Hitler to a duel on the parallel grounds of the Führer's abrogation of their agreement signed at Munich in 1938 . Personal insults can likewise have devastating consequences ...
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... consequence of the laws against Profanity on the Stage must originally have been ' in - jokes ' , which guyed the authorities and sailed provocatively close to the wind . Swearing became a self - conscious motif on stage and page . One ...
... consequence of the laws against Profanity on the Stage must originally have been ' in - jokes ' , which guyed the authorities and sailed provocatively close to the wind . Swearing became a self - conscious motif on stage and page . One ...
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... consequence of imperialism and nazism , which were based on a pernicious ideology of racial superiority , racist has become , like fascist , a swear - word in its own right . Ethnic , which is currently the more favoured general ...
... consequence of imperialism and nazism , which were based on a pernicious ideology of racial superiority , racist has become , like fascist , a swear - word in its own right . Ethnic , which is currently the more favoured general ...
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