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 56
... religious swearing of the Middle Ages had altogether greater force and impact . The scale and intensity of religious swearing alters through the period . In the early stages it tends to consist of the mildest invocations of spiritual ...
... religious swearing of the Middle Ages had altogether greater force and impact . The scale and intensity of religious swearing alters through the period . In the early stages it tends to consist of the mildest invocations of spiritual ...
Side 105
... religious to secular referents is potently illustrated by comparing the styles of , say , Pandarus and the Wife of Bath in Chaucer with Pistol in Henry V. In all cases there is an element of satirical exaggeration . The speech of the ...
... religious to secular referents is potently illustrated by comparing the styles of , say , Pandarus and the Wife of Bath in Chaucer with Pistol in Henry V. In all cases there is an element of satirical exaggeration . The speech of the ...
Side 249
... religious swearing in Protestant societies reflects the decline of the influence of the Church . By contrast , in Catholic societies the grisliest imaginable religious invocations are still current . The decline of the invocation Mary ...
... religious swearing in Protestant societies reflects the decline of the influence of the Church . By contrast , in Catholic societies the grisliest imaginable religious invocations are still current . The decline of the invocation Mary ...
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