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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... usage : ' to ---- about ' . Term I 2 3 4 Category 5 6 7 8 damn ( vb ) fuck ( n + vb ) cunt ( n ) shit ( n + vb ) ... usage , while o denotes lack of capacity in a particular category . Clearly , only those terms which can be used as both ...
... usage : ' to ---- about ' . Term I 2 3 4 Category 5 6 7 8 damn ( vb ) fuck ( n + vb ) cunt ( n ) shit ( n + vb ) ... usage , while o denotes lack of capacity in a particular category . Clearly , only those terms which can be used as both ...
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... usage is maintained in this exchange : ' . . . he lifted up his arm and pinched the skin ... " this is pure blood . Every Hindu blood ... is pure Aryan blood . " Baksh snorted . “ All - you is a just a pack of Kaffir " ( DSAE ) . Kaffir ...
... usage is maintained in this exchange : ' . . . he lifted up his arm and pinched the skin ... " this is pure blood . Every Hindu blood ... is pure Aryan blood . " Baksh snorted . “ All - you is a just a pack of Kaffir " ( DSAE ) . Kaffir ...
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... usage of foul language in the direction of ' permissiveness ' , or whether the use of corpora simply gives lexicographers a statistical basis on which to formulate generalizations about usage which has always been prevalent , but ...
... usage of foul language in the direction of ' permissiveness ' , or whether the use of corpora simply gives lexicographers a statistical basis on which to formulate generalizations about usage which has always been prevalent , but ...
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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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