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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... whole nature of religious utterance changed in quality from being profoundly mystic and arcane , borne by strange tongues , to the articu- lation of reformist sentiments which were vehemently social and political , spreading as a mighty ...
... whole nature of religious utterance changed in quality from being profoundly mystic and arcane , borne by strange tongues , to the articu- lation of reformist sentiments which were vehemently social and political , spreading as a mighty ...
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... whole gamut of human experience and of the lexicon . We are , furthermore , introduced to an extraordinary range of religious charlatans and simoniac opportunists peddling pseudo- sermons and false relics , and uttering blasphemous ...
... whole gamut of human experience and of the lexicon . We are , furthermore , introduced to an extraordinary range of religious charlatans and simoniac opportunists peddling pseudo- sermons and false relics , and uttering blasphemous ...
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... whole exercise was presumably staged . " 5 What makes the Scottish flytings the more striking is that they occur in a country with a vehement tradition against profanity . In 1551 , more than half a century before the English Parliament ...
... whole exercise was presumably staged . " 5 What makes the Scottish flytings the more striking is that they occur in a country with a vehement tradition against profanity . In 1551 , more than half a century before the English Parliament ...
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