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 133
... sexual innuendo c.1809 , though this meaning was unrecorded in the main OED . Many of the terms just discussed now have a somewhat dated quality , since English speakers seem no longer to have to take refuge in foreign euphemisms ...
... sexual innuendo c.1809 , though this meaning was unrecorded in the main OED . Many of the terms just discussed now have a somewhat dated quality , since English speakers seem no longer to have to take refuge in foreign euphemisms ...
Side 140
... sexual imagery limit the location of the utterance to a period when notions of gentility and decorum could be fearlessly affronted . The lines are by ' the most brilliant wit and the most accomplished rake ' of Charles II's court ...
... sexual imagery limit the location of the utterance to a period when notions of gentility and decorum could be fearlessly affronted . The lines are by ' the most brilliant wit and the most accomplished rake ' of Charles II's court ...
Side 256
... sexuality , they seem to oscillate in cycles between acceptance and repression . However , the energy generating swearing is constant . The comparison with sexuality is apposite in that , during periods of sexual repression ...
... sexuality , they seem to oscillate in cycles between acceptance and repression . However , the energy generating swearing is constant . The comparison with sexuality is apposite in that , during periods of sexual repression ...
Indhold
IO Sexuality in Swearing | 206 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Appendices | 258 |
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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