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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... earlier stages of the culture in order to avoid direct mention of creatures which exercised a totemic force , such as the weasel and the bear : In the Romance languages there are only isolated survivals of mustela , the Latin name of ...
... earlier stages of the culture in order to avoid direct mention of creatures which exercised a totemic force , such as the weasel and the bear : In the Romance languages there are only isolated survivals of mustela , the Latin name of ...
Side 76
... earlier , this is the first recorded instance of lousy in the figurative sense . ) The critical moments of swearing in the tale contain the same formula : " The feend , ' quod he , ' yow fecche , body and bones . ' ( 1544 ) Fecche is ...
... earlier , this is the first recorded instance of lousy in the figurative sense . ) The critical moments of swearing in the tale contain the same formula : " The feend , ' quod he , ' yow fecche , body and bones . ' ( 1544 ) Fecche is ...
Side 238
... earlier meaning ( in the late sixteenth century , deriving from the literal sense ) was ' dirty , mean , paltry , con- temptible ' ; it has since ' changed class ' , so to speak , to mean ' pert , saucy , proud , impudent , conceited ...
... earlier meaning ( in the late sixteenth century , deriving from the literal sense ) was ' dirty , mean , paltry , con- temptible ' ; it has since ' changed class ' , so to speak , to mean ' pert , saucy , proud , impudent , conceited ...
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IO Sexuality in Swearing | 206 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Appendices | 258 |
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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