Swearing : a social history of foul language, oaths and profanity in English
Hughes, Geoffrey, 1939-1991
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A history of the lexical underworld of the English language. It details the story of impropriety in language and of the lower registers of the foul and obscene. From the earliest times swearing has existed in many variegated forms from the deadly curse to trivial expletives occasioned by annoyance.
Main title:
Swearing : a social history of foul language, oaths and profanity in English / Geoffrey Hughes.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Basil Blackwell, 1991.
Collation:
ix,283p. ; 23cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliography.
ISBN:
9780631165934
Dewey class:
427
Language:
English
BRN:
180474
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