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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... major reference works . Though it is difficult to distinguish the various senses of ' rubbish ' and ' waste ' which accumulate around crap , they seem to have solidified into the main low sense of ' excrement ' by the late eighteenth ...
... major reference works . Though it is difficult to distinguish the various senses of ' rubbish ' and ' waste ' which accumulate around crap , they seem to have solidified into the main low sense of ' excrement ' by the late eighteenth ...
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... major shift in mode which can be detected is that various forms of personal abuse , or swearing at , have assumed the dominant mode , while asseveration and the invocation of higher powers , or swearing by and to , have correspondingly ...
... major shift in mode which can be detected is that various forms of personal abuse , or swearing at , have assumed the dominant mode , while asseveration and the invocation of higher powers , or swearing by and to , have correspondingly ...
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... major focus of the debate , which has concentrated more on terms for ethnic groups , dis- abilities , material ... major exception to euphemism was the highly derogatory formula ' Dead White European Males ( DWEMs ) used to designate the ...
... major focus of the debate , which has concentrated more on terms for ethnic groups , dis- abilities , material ... major exception to euphemism was the highly derogatory formula ' Dead White European Males ( DWEMs ) used to designate the ...
Inhalt
IO Sexuality in Swearing | 206 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Appendices | 258 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English Geoffrey Hughes Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1998 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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