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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... interesting compound cunt - laird with the designation ' meaning obscure ' . Several standard American works still do not include all . Although the trial which led to the unbanning of Lady Chatterley's Lover seemed at the time ( 1960 ) ...
... interesting compound cunt - laird with the designation ' meaning obscure ' . Several standard American works still do not include all . Although the trial which led to the unbanning of Lady Chatterley's Lover seemed at the time ( 1960 ) ...
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... interesting provocations : Speke we now of swich cursynge as comth of irous herte . Malisoun [ cursing ] generally may be seyd every maner power of harm . Swich cursynge bireveth [ robs ] man fro the regne of God , as seith Seint Paul ...
... interesting provocations : Speke we now of swich cursynge as comth of irous herte . Malisoun [ cursing ] generally may be seyd every maner power of harm . Swich cursynge bireveth [ robs ] man fro the regne of God , as seith Seint Paul ...
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... interesting that the first use of devil as ' merely a term of reprobation ' , sometimes playfully applied , should occur after the main ructions of the Reformation , in Shakespeare , emanating from that most tolerant of sensualists ...
... interesting that the first use of devil as ' merely a term of reprobation ' , sometimes playfully applied , should occur after the main ructions of the Reformation , in Shakespeare , emanating from that most tolerant of sensualists ...
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