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

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

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"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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hughes, Geoffrey 1939-
Collectivité auteur: Gale Group
Format: Electronic Resource
Langue:English
Publié: Armonk, N.Y. M.E. Sharpe c2006.
Collection:Gale virtual reference library
Sujets:
English language > Obscene words > Dictionaries.
English language > Slang > Dictionaries.
Blessing and cursing > Dictionaries.
Invective > Dictionaries.
Swearing > Dictionaries.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access