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

• Tác giả: Geoffrey Hughes
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 0765612313
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 427.09 Modern nongeographic variations
• Thông tin xuất bản: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2006.
• Mô tả vật lý: xxv, 573 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Ngôn ngữ
• ID: 87861
• Chủ đề: 1. Blessing and cursing; 2. English language--Obscene words; 3. English language--Slang; 4. Invective; 5. Swearing

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

Entries cover the full range of swearing and foul language in English, including fascinating 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, such as the ritual insults of Renaissance flyting and modern sounding or playing the dozens.