Swearing in English : bad language, purity and power from 1586 to the present / Tony McEnery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McEnery, Tony, 1964-

Series:

Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; 1.

Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swearing--History.

Swearing.

Power (Social sciences)--English-speaking countries.

Power (Social sciences).

English language--Social aspects.

English language.

English language--Obscene words.

English language--History.

English language--Slang.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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-histo

Contents:

BookCover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Bad language, bad manners; 2 'So you recorded swearing'; 3 Early modern censorship of bad language; 4 Modern attitudes to bad language form; 5 Late-twentieth-century bad language; 6 Sea change; 7 Mutations; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-269) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-51425-5

1-134-51426-3

1-280-28122-7

9786610281220

0-203-50144-6

9780203501443

OCLC:

62395537