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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... common rhythmic structure is [ - / - / = ] , with the major stress [ = ] falling on the last word , which the pattern requires to be short , as in ' the stupid bitch ! ' , ' that bloody fool ! ' also found in a formula common in the ...
... common rhythmic structure is [ - / - / = ] , with the major stress [ = ] falling on the last word , which the pattern requires to be short , as in ' the stupid bitch ! ' , ' that bloody fool ! ' also found in a formula common in the ...
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... common oath was sworne . Last , having sworne away all faith and troth , Only God damn them is their common oath . Thus custome kept decorum by gradation , That losing Masse , Crosse , Faith , they find damnation . ( cited in Montagu ...
... common oath was sworne . Last , having sworne away all faith and troth , Only God damn them is their common oath . Thus custome kept decorum by gradation , That losing Masse , Crosse , Faith , they find damnation . ( cited in Montagu ...
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... common ' language . In a famous diagram in the Preface to the great work , Murray set out a linguistic hierarchy of ' literary ' , ' common ' , ' colloquial ' and ' slang ' . Given the general sense of literary decorum of his time ...
... common ' language . In a famous diagram in the Preface to the great work , Murray set out a linguistic hierarchy of ' literary ' , ' common ' , ' colloquial ' and ' slang ' . Given the general sense of literary decorum of his time ...
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