Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in EnglishPenguin Adult, 26.03.1998 - 304 Seiten 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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... acquired in 1530 when an Italian physician , Fracastor , wrote a long poem in Latin hexameters in which the leading ... acquiring the association of ' brothel ' . To these may be added fille de joie ( euphem- ism for ' prostitute ' from ...
... acquired in 1530 when an Italian physician , Fracastor , wrote a long poem in Latin hexameters in which the leading ... acquiring the association of ' brothel ' . To these may be added fille de joie ( euphem- ism for ' prostitute ' from ...
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... acquired its 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 ...
... acquired its 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 ...
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... acquired centuries before , through association with sot , the contemptuous sense of ' drunkard ' , which probably ... acquiring inde- pendence . Molly is a good candidate for sexual ambiguity , set out in figure 11.2 , since in the ...
... acquired centuries before , through association with sot , the contemptuous sense of ' drunkard ' , which probably ... acquiring inde- pendence . Molly is a good candidate for sexual ambiguity , set out in figure 11.2 , since in the ...
Inhalt
IO Sexuality in Swearing | 206 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Appendices | 258 |
Urheberrecht | |
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