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083 0 $aEnglish language. Swear-words. Etymology
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100 1 $aHughes, Geoffrey,$d1939-
245 10 $aSwearing :$ba social history of foul language, oaths, and profanity in English /$cGeoffrey Hughes.
260 $aOxford, UK ;$aCambridge, Mass., USA :$bBlackwell,$c1991.
300 $aix, 283 pages ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aThe Language library
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 268-274) and indexes.
505 0 $aA cursory introduction -- Unlocking the word-hoard: the Germanic heritage -- Paynims and charlatans: swearing in Middle English -- Schismatic vituperation: the Reformation -- Creativity and suppression in the Renaissance -- Expansionism and xenophobia -- The reign of decorum: Augustan and Victorian attitudes -- Quakers to convicts: swearing in the New Worlds -- The modern explosion and its accompanying restraints -- Sexuality in swearing -- Conclusion.
520 $aA 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.
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700 1 $aCrystal, David,$d1941-$eseries ed.
830 0 $aLanguage library.
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