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Who’s Swearing Now? The Social Aspects of Conversational Swearing : the Social Aspects of Conversational Swearing.

By Kristy , Beers Fägersten

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Pub.
Year
2012
ISBN
9781299659001, 1299659004, 9781443838207, 1443838209
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1904799 bytes)
Pages
336\337
Time added
2020-01-09 20:50:07
Swearing -- Social aspects;POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Pu

Description

Who's Swearing Now? represents an investigation of how people actually swear, illustrated by a collection of over 500 spontaneous swearing utterances along with their social and linguistic contexts. The book features a focus on the use of eight swear words: ass, bitch, cunt, damn, dick, fuck, hell, shit and their possible inflections or derivations, e.g., asshole or motherfucker, offering a solution to the controversial issue of defining swear words and swearing by limiting the investigation ...  Read more... A swear word by any other name -- Going where the swearing is -- The swearing paradox -- Spontaneous swearing in context -- Swearing rules -- Swearing in the spotlight -- Appendices : Spontaneous swearing utterances Questionnaire and questionnaire data Interview transcripts.

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