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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... FLYTING Although reticence is a much - prized virtue within ancient Germanic society , there co - exists with it the quite contrary convention of ritual insult known as flyting . The Old English root flítan includes the broader senses ...
... FLYTING Although reticence is a much - prized virtue within ancient Germanic society , there co - exists with it the quite contrary convention of ritual insult known as flyting . The Old English root flítan includes the broader senses ...
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... flyting , there appears to be a considerable hiatus in the practice in English literary history . As has been mentioned , there are vestigial examples of flyting in Anglo - Saxon literature in the prelude to the Battle of Maldon , where ...
... flyting , there appears to be a considerable hiatus in the practice in English literary history . As has been mentioned , there are vestigial examples of flyting in Anglo - Saxon literature in the prelude to the Battle of Maldon , where ...
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... FLYTING While strong language in the South of the British Isles was increasingly marked by politeness , decorum and censorship , the tradition of flyting continued to thrive in the North , presumably because of the tenacity of the Norse ...
... FLYTING While strong language in the South of the British Isles was increasingly marked by politeness , decorum and censorship , the tradition of flyting continued to thrive in the North , presumably because of the tenacity of the Norse ...
Inhalt
IO Sexuality in Swearing | 206 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Appendices | 258 |
Urheberrecht | |
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