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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... reference to the name of God is taboo . In such cultures belief in the sacral power of words is , consequently , more explicit . Montagu , in his major study , The Anatomy of Swearing , mentions ' the behavior of certain Arabs who ...
... reference to the name of God is taboo . In such cultures belief in the sacral power of words is , consequently , more explicit . Montagu , in his major study , The Anatomy of Swearing , mentions ' the behavior of certain Arabs who ...
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... reference to the genitalia or the physiological functions of reproduction , defecation or micturition ' . He cites ... references to the pudenda ... Certain relatives are also permitted to snatch playfully at one another's genitalia ...
... reference to the genitalia or the physiological functions of reproduction , defecation or micturition ' . He cites ... references to the pudenda ... Certain relatives are also permitted to snatch playfully at one another's genitalia ...
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... reference to death : invariably preferred is some euphemism concerning a journey to an unknown destination , such as pass on , pass away or the more uplifting variant of the Salvation Army , promoted to glory . The common Anglo - Saxon ...
... reference to death : invariably preferred is some euphemism concerning a journey to an unknown destination , such as pass on , pass away or the more uplifting variant of the Salvation Army , promoted to glory . The common Anglo - Saxon ...
Inhalt
IO Sexuality in Swearing | 206 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Appendices | 258 |
Urheberrecht | |
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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