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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... Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Ltd , 27 Wrights Lane , London W8 5TZ , England Penguin Putnam Inc ... published by Blackwell 1991 Published with a postscript in Penguin Books 1998 3579 10 8 642 Copyright © Geoffrey Hughes ...
... Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Ltd , 27 Wrights Lane , London W8 5TZ , England Penguin Putnam Inc ... published by Blackwell 1991 Published with a postscript in Penguin Books 1998 3579 10 8 642 Copyright © Geoffrey Hughes ...
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... published in book form in Russia in 1905 , used during the pogrom after the 1917 Revolution , but shown by a judicial enquiry in 1934 to be a forgery by the Okrana ( Russian Secret Police ) . 3 I am obliged to Professor Strentz for ...
... published in book form in Russia in 1905 , used during the pogrom after the 1917 Revolution , but shown by a judicial enquiry in 1934 to be a forgery by the Okrana ( Russian Secret Police ) . 3 I am obliged to Professor Strentz for ...
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... published 16 May 1791 The British Museum . The back cover shows a cartoon published 11 January 1780 caricaturing Anglo - French relations ( photo : Mary Evans Picture Library ) PENGUIN Language / Linguistics Reference U.K. £ 7.99 ISBN 0 ...
... published 16 May 1791 The British Museum . The back cover shows a cartoon published 11 January 1780 caricaturing Anglo - French relations ( photo : Mary Evans Picture Library ) PENGUIN Language / Linguistics Reference U.K. £ 7.99 ISBN 0 ...
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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