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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... described by Otto Jespersen as ' that splendid monument of English scholarship ' . Although the two sequences were consolidated in 1990 into the Second Edition , I have preferred to keep references to them separate , since apart they ...
... described by Otto Jespersen as ' that splendid monument of English scholarship ' . Although the two sequences were consolidated in 1990 into the Second Edition , I have preferred to keep references to them separate , since apart they ...
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... described , in what seems to us a daringly incongruous simile , as ' meek as a maid ' ( Prologue , 1. 69 ) ; Lancelot is similarly eulogized in Sir Ector's threnody in Malory's Morte d'Arthur as ' the kindest man that ever put spear in ...
... described , in what seems to us a daringly incongruous simile , as ' meek as a maid ' ( Prologue , 1. 69 ) ; Lancelot is similarly eulogized in Sir Ector's threnody in Malory's Morte d'Arthur as ' the kindest man that ever put spear in ...
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... described by Gower as taking on ' the form of a soldier : They con the phrase of war , which they trick up with new - tuned oaths ' ( III . vi . 83-5 ) . However , assuredly Pistol's most provocative expressions of contempt are found in ...
... described by Gower as taking on ' the form of a soldier : They con the phrase of war , which they trick up with new - tuned oaths ' ( III . vi . 83-5 ) . However , assuredly Pistol's most provocative expressions of contempt are found in ...
Inhalt
IO Sexuality in Swearing | 206 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Appendices | 258 |
Urheberrecht | |
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