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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... alliteration or by playing off different registers of the word - hoard against each other , and rhythm is very important . The interplay of short and long words is used to accentuate rhythmic effects , to create symmetrical patterns and ...
... alliteration or by playing off different registers of the word - hoard against each other , and rhythm is very important . The interplay of short and long words is used to accentuate rhythmic effects , to create symmetrical patterns and ...
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... alliteration . The diabolical association is found only here and once in the Canon's Yeoman's Tale . The supreme cynicism of the tale emerges at the end , when the Friar plays God in his narrative world , despatching the summoner to ...
... alliteration . The diabolical association is found only here and once in the Canon's Yeoman's Tale . The supreme cynicism of the tale emerges at the end , when the Friar plays God in his narrative world , despatching the summoner to ...
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... alliteration : ' Ay fukkand [ fucking ] lyke ane furious Fornicatour ' ( 49 ) . As can be seen , sexual insults figure in these Northern satires and flytings to a far higher degree than would be expected in the South . In Dunbar's ...
... alliteration : ' Ay fukkand [ fucking ] lyke ane furious Fornicatour ' ( 49 ) . As can be seen , sexual insults figure in these Northern satires and flytings to a far higher degree than would be expected in the South . In Dunbar's ...
Inhalt
IO Sexuality in Swearing | 206 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Appendices | 258 |
Urheberrecht | |
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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