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Covering the various social dynamics that generate swearing, foul language, and insults in the entire range of the English language, this encyclopedia emphasises on American and British English. A-Z entries cover the full range of swearing and foul language in English, including fascinating details on the history and origins of each term.
Engelse taal --- Obscene woorden --- Woordenboeken. --- Scheldwoorden --- Slang --- Vloeken --- 802.0 --- 820 --- 820 Engelse literatuur --- Engelse literatuur --- 802.0 Engels. Engelse taalkunde --- Engels. Engelse taalkunde --- English language --- Blessing and cursing --- Invective --- Swearing --- Anglais (Langue) --- Bénédiction et malédiction --- Invectives --- Jurons --- Obscene words --- Dictionaries. --- Mots obscènes --- Dictionnaires --- Argot --- Dictionnaires anglais --- Profanity --- Cant --- Abuse, Verbal --- Insults --- Insults, Verbal --- Verbal abuse --- Vituperation --- Satire --- Germanic languages --- Cursing and blessing --- Execration --- Imprecation --- Malediction --- Incantations --- 820 English literature. Literature in English --- English literature. Literature in English --- Language and languages
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Many words and expressions are viewed as 'taboo', such as those used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those used to insult other people. This 2006 book provides a fascinating insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. It looks at the ways we use language to be polite or impolite, politically correct or offensive, depending on whether we are 'sweet-talking', 'straight-talking' or being deliberately rude. Using a range of colourful examples, it shows how we use language playfully and figuratively in order to swear, to insult, and also to be politically correct, and what our motivations are for doing so. It goes on to examine the differences between institutionalized censorship and the ways individuals censor their own language. Lively and revealing, Forbidden Words will fascinate anyone who is interested in how and why we use and avoid taboos in daily conversation.
Taboo, Linguistic --- Politeness (Linguistics) --- Jargon (Terminology) --- Swearing --- Euphemism --- 800.862 --- Slang. Vulgair taalgebruik --- Euphemism. --- Swearing. --- Taboo, Linguistic. --- Politieke correctheid (linguïstiek) --- Taal en censuur --- Taboe --- Vloeken (linguïstiek) --- eufemismen --- Politieke correctheid (linguïstiek). --- Taal en censuur. --- Vloeken (linguïstiek). --- eufemismen. --- slang. --- linguïstiek. --- Jargon (Terminology). --- Politeness (Linguistics). --- Censorship --- Political correctness --- Linguistic taboo --- Ineffable, The --- Taboo --- Profanity --- Cant --- Correctness, Political --- PC (Political correctness) --- P.C. (Political correctness) --- Ideology --- Courtesy (Linguistics) --- Linguistics --- Buzzwords --- Gobbledygook --- Slang --- Terms and phrases --- Figures of speech --- Semantics --- Book censorship --- Books --- Literature --- Literature and morals --- Anticensorship activists --- Challenged books --- Expurgated books --- Intellectual freedom --- Prohibited books --- Law and legislation --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Sociolinguistics --- Pragmatics --- Censorship. --- Political correctness. --- Etiquette. --- Taal en talen --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Eufemismen. --- Slang. --- Linguïstiek.
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