Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English
by Hughes, Geoffrey
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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
- Hughes, Geoffrey
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140267077
- ISBN 13
- 9780140267075
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- September 1, 1998
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