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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... ( chapter 14 ) . Focussing on a bond of another kind , he observes that ' the German women live in a chastity that is impregnable ' and that the Germanic tribes were almost unique among the barbarians in practising monogamy ( chapters 18 ...
... ( chapter 14 ) . Focussing on a bond of another kind , he observes that ' the German women live in a chastity that is impregnable ' and that the Germanic tribes were almost unique among the barbarians in practising monogamy ( chapters 18 ...
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... chapter will show , the idiom of religious controversy became increasingly violent , with erstwhile terms of authority , like heresy , enormity and superstition becoming the currency of schismatic strife . Another idiom , that of ...
... chapter will show , the idiom of religious controversy became increasingly violent , with erstwhile terms of authority , like heresy , enormity and superstition becoming the currency of schismatic strife . Another idiom , that of ...
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... chapter 10 ; the conventions of ' sounding ' , or ritual insults among American blacks have been discussed in chapter 9. So far as class distinctions are concerned , much has been made of the differing linguis- tic mores categorized ...
... chapter 10 ; the conventions of ' sounding ' , or ritual insults among American blacks have been discussed in chapter 9. So far as class distinctions are concerned , much has been made of the differing linguis- tic mores categorized ...
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