Swearing in English : bad language, purity and power from 1586 to the present

Swearing in English : bad language, purity and power from 1586 to the present / Tony McEnery.

Swearing is an everyday part of the language of most speakers of modern English. This corpus informed account of swearing describes swearing and its social function, with a particular focus on the relationship between swearing and abuse.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McEnery, Tony, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Series:Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; 1.
Subjects:
Swearing > History.
Power (Social sciences) > English-speaking countries.
English language > Social aspects.
English language > Obscene words.
English language > History.
English language > Slang.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
English language
English language > Obscene words
English language > Slang
English language > Social aspects
Power (Social sciences)
Swearing
Sprachpflege
Vloeken.
English-speaking countries
Englisch.
Electronic book.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • BookCover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Bad language, bad manners; 2 'So you recorded swearing'; 3 Early modern censorship of bad language; 4 Modern attitudes to bad language form; 5 Late-twentieth-century bad language; 6 Sea change; 7 Mutations; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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