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The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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This volume brings together experts from a wide range of
disciplines to define and describe tabooed words and language and
to investigate the reasons and beliefs behind them. In general,
taboo is defined as a proscription of behaviour for a specific
community, time, and context. In terms of language, taboo applies
to instances of language behaviour: the use of certain words in
certain contexts. The existence of linguistic taboos and their
management lead to the censoring of behaviour and, as a
consequence, to language change and development. Chapters in this
volume explore the multiple types of tabooed language from a
variety of perspectives, such as sociolinguistics, anthropology,
philosophy, psychology, historical linguistics, and
neurolinguistics, and with reference to fields such as law,
publishing, politics, and advertising. Topics covered include
impoliteness, swearing, censorship, taboo in deaf communities,
translation of tabooed words, and the use of taboo in banter and
comedy.
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