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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... never flee the space of a foot , nor turn his back ' ( 274-6 ) . Beowulf's boast ( before retiring at Hrothgar's court ) that he will destroy Grendel is similarly termed gylpword ( 675 ) . The canine deterioration seems to date from ...
... never flee the space of a foot , nor turn his back ' ( 274-6 ) . Beowulf's boast ( before retiring at Hrothgar's court ) that he will destroy Grendel is similarly termed gylpword ( 675 ) . The canine deterioration seems to date from ...
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... never before . The sacred was made profane in a way which seems to us utterly paradoxical , particularly when one considers this debasement in relation to the major counter - trend of medieval literature , namely the elevation ...
... never before . The sacred was made profane in a way which seems to us utterly paradoxical , particularly when one considers this debasement in relation to the major counter - trend of medieval literature , namely the elevation ...
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... never use the word " bloody " because it is unparliamentary . It is a word I never bloody well use ' ( Hornadge , 1980 , p . 145 ) . A colleague , the Minister of Transport , made no such claims to reticence , commenting ( in 1973 ) on ...
... never use the word " bloody " because it is unparliamentary . It is a word I never bloody well use ' ( Hornadge , 1980 , p . 145 ) . A colleague , the Minister of Transport , made no such claims to reticence , commenting ( in 1973 ) on ...
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