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Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths, and Profanity in English Paperback - 1998
by Geoffrey Hughes
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Swearing in the English language has a long history that encompasses a rich variety of modes, including heroic oaths, sacred undertakings, profane and blasphemous curses, taboo insults charged with sexual and excremental "four-letter" words, competitive foul language, and racist "hate speech." Tracing the history of this intriguing cultural phenomenon from its Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment, and the Victorian Era to the Lady Chatterley?s Lover trial and various current trends, Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascinating, little-discussed, yet irrepressible part of our linguistic heritage. This edition contains a new Postscript updating various contemporary developments, such as the growth of political correctness.
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- Title Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths, and Profanity in English
- Author Geoffrey Hughes
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, London
- Date September 1, 1998
- ISBN 9780140267075 / 0140267077
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 7.77 x 5.12 x 0.59 in (19.74 x 13.00 x 1.50 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 427
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