An encyclopedia of swearing the social history of oaths, profanity, foul language, and ethnic slurs in the English-speaking world

"Entries cover the full range of swearing and foul language in English, including 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,...

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Tác giả chính:	Hughes, Geoffrey 1939- (Tác giả)
Tác giả của công ty:	Gale Group
Định dạng:	Electronic Resource
Ngôn ngữ:	Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành:	Armonk, N.Y. M.E. Sharpe [2006]
Loạt:	Gale virtual reference library
Những chủ đề:	English language > Obscene words > Dictionaries. English language > Slang > Dictionaries. Blessing and cursing > Dictionaries. Invective > Dictionaries. Swearing > Dictionaries. Electronic books.
Truy cập trực tuyến:	Available for University of the Philippines Baguio via ProQuest Ebook Central. Click here to access