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Swearing in English - Bad Language, Purity and Power from 1586 to the Present (Hardcover)
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Swearing in English - Bad Language, Purity and Power from 1586 to the Present (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics
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Do men use bad language more than women? How do social class and
the use of bad language interact? Do young speakers use bad
language more frequently than older speakers? Using the spoken
section of the British National Corpus, Swearing in English
explores questions such as these and considers at length the
historical origins of modern attitudes to bad language. Drawing on
a variety of methodologies including historical research and corpus
linguistics, and a range of data such as corpora, dramatic texts,
early modern newsbooks and television, Tony McEnery takes a
socio-historical approach to discourses about bad language in
English. Arguing that purity of speech and power have come to be
connected via a series of moral panics about bad language, the book
contends that these moral panics, over time, have generated the
differences observable in bad language usage in present day
English. A fascinating, comprehensive insight into an increasingly
popular area, this book provides an explanation, and not simply a
description, of how modern attitudes to bad language have come
about.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics |
Release date: |
October 2005 |
First published: |
2004 |
Authors: |
Tony McEnery
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
296 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-25837-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
Sociolinguistics
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LSN: |
0-415-25837-5 |
Barcode: |
9780415258371 |
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