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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... profanity and ejaculation , with an admixture of that most com- plex and unstable category , obscenity . Although we are familiar with all these types now , they have not been constantly present in the past . They represent an ...
... profanity and ejaculation , with an admixture of that most com- plex and unstable category , obscenity . Although we are familiar with all these types now , they have not been constantly present in the past . They represent an ...
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... profanity was conducted on all fronts . ' Not a man swears but pays his twelve pence , ' claimed Oliver Cromwell of his Ironsides . A quartermaster found guilty ( under military law ) of uttering impious expressions was condemned to ...
... profanity was conducted on all fronts . ' Not a man swears but pays his twelve pence , ' claimed Oliver Cromwell of his Ironsides . A quartermaster found guilty ( under military law ) of uttering impious expressions was condemned to ...
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... profanity was taken up by Swift and turned into one of his brilliantly satirical ' projects ' . In 1720 , the year of the South Sea Bubble , he published the prospectus for The Swearer's Bank , the title page of which appears as figure ...
... profanity was taken up by Swift and turned into one of his brilliantly satirical ' projects ' . In 1720 , the year of the South Sea Bubble , he published the prospectus for The Swearer's Bank , the title page of which appears as figure ...
Indhold
IO Sexuality in Swearing | 206 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Appendices | 258 |
Copyright | |
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