Author: Julian Sharman
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Category : Swearing
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Author: Geoffrey Hughes
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317476786
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 600

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This is the only encyclopedia and social history of swearing and foul language in the English-speaking world. It covers the various social dynamics that generate swearing, foul language, and insults in the entire range of the English language. While the emphasis is on American and British English, the different major global varieties, such as Australian, Canadian, South African, and Caribbean English are also covered. A-Z entries cover the full range of swearing and foul language in English, including fascinating details on the history and origins of each term and the social context in which it found expression. Categories include blasphemy, obscenity, profanity, the categorization of women and races, and modal varieties, such as the ritual insults of Renaissance "flyting" and modern "sounding" or "playing the dozens." Entries cover the historical dimension of the language, from Anglo-Saxon heroic oaths and the surprising power of medieval profanity, to the strict censorship of the Renaissance and the vibrant, modern language of the streets. Social factors, such as stereotyping, xenophobia, and the dynamics of ethnic slurs, as well as age and gender differences in swearing are also addressed, along with the major taboo words and the complex and changing nature of religious, sexual, and racial taboos.

Author: Ashley Montagu
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217643
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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"A pioneering work."--Steven Smith, University of Essex

Author: Peter Burke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521317634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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This volume of essays brings together work by social historians of Britain, France and Italy.

Author: Edwin Percy Whipple
Publisher:
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Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 364

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Author: W R Owens
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 104024212X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 413

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Includes ten volumes, which are suitable for Defoe scholars and academics of eighteenth-century history, religion and literature. This set offers readers texts and a wealth of editorial matter, including introductions, explanatory notes and a consolidated index to the ten volumes.

Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 666

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Category : Literature, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 666

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Author: Maria Manoliu-Manea
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004454055
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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This collection of readings is complementary to Introduction to Integrational Linguistics (Language & Communication Library, Vol.17), but can be used independently. It brings together for the first time 24 key papers in integrational linguistics, and is intended to serve as a basic reading list for students and others making the first acquaintance with the subject. Originally published in sources that are for the most part out of print, these papers have been revised and updated by their authors where necessary. They are arranged in six sections: Language and Communication, Language and the Language Myth, Language and Meaning, Language and Discourse, Language and Writing, and Language and Society. An editorial introduction discusses the individual contributions and their relevance to integrationist theory.

Author: sir John Bowring
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 698

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