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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... field . However , the history of the British Isles , having originally been that of a diversity of discrete cultures and languages , has generated a different dynamic field . Notions of ideological and national unity formulated as ' the ...
... field . However , the history of the British Isles , having originally been that of a diversity of discrete cultures and languages , has generated a different dynamic field . Notions of ideological and national unity formulated as ' the ...
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... field categor- izing women reveals an extreme dichotomy of praise and abuse in the feminine archetypes . It seems ... field for ' man ' has not been set out , since it would be too vast , cumbersome and complicated . Most of the germane ...
... field categor- izing women reveals an extreme dichotomy of praise and abuse in the feminine archetypes . It seems ... field for ' man ' has not been set out , since it would be too vast , cumbersome and complicated . Most of the germane ...
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... field has been traversed many times since Bréal made this psycholinguistic observation in 1897 : The so - called ... field . HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEMANTIC FIELD An examination of the historical development of the semantic field ...
... field has been traversed many times since Bréal made this psycholinguistic observation in 1897 : The so - called ... field . HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEMANTIC FIELD An examination of the historical development of the semantic field ...
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