Swearing
Subtitle: a cross-cultural linguistic study
By: Magnus Ljung
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780230576315
Subjects: Semantics; Obscene Words
Description: "This study provides a definition and a typology of swearing and compares its manifestations in English and 24 other languages. In addition the study traces the history of swearing from its first known appearance in Ancient Egypt to the present day" --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: Notes on Transliteration; title: Abbreviations; title: Defining Swearing; title: A Typology of Swearing; title: History of Swearing; title: Interjections; title: Oaths, Emphatic Denials, Curses; title: Ritual Insults, Unfriendly Suggestions, Name-Calling; title: Degree, Dislike, Emphasis, Exasperation and Annoyance; title: Replacive Swearing; title: Notes; title: Appendices; title: Bibliography; title: Index.