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 47
... INSULTS OF FLYTING Although reticence is a much - prized virtue within ancient Germanic society , there co - exists with it the quite contrary convention of ritual insult known as flyting . The Old English root flítan includes the ...
... INSULTS OF FLYTING Although reticence is a much - prized virtue within ancient Germanic society , there co - exists with it the quite contrary convention of ritual insult known as flyting . The Old English root flítan includes the ...
Side 49
... insults be avenged , not waiting for men to champion their cause . The whole action of the Droplaugarsona Saga is precipitated by the widow Droplaug's desire for revenge over an insult . Indeed , women's insistence on vengeance or ...
... insults be avenged , not waiting for men to champion their cause . The whole action of the Droplaugarsona Saga is precipitated by the widow Droplaug's desire for revenge over an insult . Indeed , women's insistence on vengeance or ...
Side 180
... insult directed at a white person ' thought to be a negrophile , or to one who works for or attaches importance to the welfare of black people ' ( DSAE ) . Coon , seemingly borrowed from the insulting American usage , can be applied to ...
... insult directed at a white person ' thought to be a negrophile , or to one who works for or attaches importance to the welfare of black people ' ( DSAE ) . Coon , seemingly borrowed from the insulting American usage , can be applied to ...
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