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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... recent years in England there has been a decline of swearing and foul language ' ( 1936 , p . 1 ) . These observations and notable practitioners remind us of the con- tinuing currency of coarse speech which , though staple to many ...
... recent years in England there has been a decline of swearing and foul language ' ( 1936 , p . 1 ) . These observations and notable practitioners remind us of the con- tinuing currency of coarse speech which , though staple to many ...
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... recent swear - word borrowed about three centuries ago from underworld slang ) are , variously , ruddy , blooming and the truncated b , as in ' the b thing won't work ! ' Related abbreviations of fuck are the alphabetically symbolic eff ...
... recent swear - word borrowed about three centuries ago from underworld slang ) are , variously , ruddy , blooming and the truncated b , as in ' the b thing won't work ! ' Related abbreviations of fuck are the alphabetically symbolic eff ...
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... recent phenomenon . This interest has presumably arisen as tourists have increasingly become aware of curious foreign codes and modes of insulting behaviour . The Queen has , on her recent visits to New Zealand , often been subjected to ...
... recent phenomenon . This interest has presumably arisen as tourists have increasingly become aware of curious foreign codes and modes of insulting behaviour . The Queen has , on her recent visits to New Zealand , often been subjected 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