The Oxford handbook of taboo words and language / edited by Keith Allan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allan, Keith, 1943- editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks in linguistics

Oxford handbooks

[Oxford handbooks]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taboo, Linguistic.

Physical Description:

xii, 448 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This volume brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines to define and describe tabooed words and language and to investigate the reasons and beliefs behind them. In general, taboo is defined as a proscription of behaviour for a specific community, time, and context. In terms of language, taboo applies to instances of language behaviour: the use of certain words in certain contexts. The existence of linguistic taboos and their management lead to the censoring of behaviour and, as a consequence, to language change and development.0Chapters in this volume explore the multiple types of tabooed language from a variety of perspectives, such as sociolinguistics, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, historical linguistics, and neurolinguistics, and with reference to fields such as law, publishing, politics, and advertising. Topics covered include impoliteness, swearing, censorship, taboo in deaf communities, translation of tabooed words, and the use of taboo in banter and comedy.

Contents:

1 Taboo words and language: An overview p. 1 / Keith Allan

2 Taboo language and impoliteness p. 28 / Jonathan Culpeper

3 Taboos in Speaking of sex and sexuality p. 41 / Eliecer Crespo-Fernández

4 Speaking of disease and death p. 61 / Réka Benczes and Kate Burridge

5 The psychology of expressing and interpreting linguistic taboos p. 77 / Timothy B. Jay

6 Taboo language awareness in early childhood p. 96 / Timothy b. Jay

7 Swearing and the brain p. 108 / Shlomit Ritz Finkelstein

8 Sticky: Taboo topics in deaf communities p. 140 / Jami N. Fisher and Gene Mirus and Donna Jo Napoli

9 Taboo terms and their grammar p. 160 / Jack Hoeksema

10 Taboo as a driver of language change p. 180 / Kate Burridge and Réka Benczes

11 Problems translating tabooed words from source to target language p. 199 / Pedro J. Chamizo Domínguez

12 Linguistic taboos in a second or foreign language p. 218 / Jean-Marc Dewaele

13 Philosophical investigations of the taboo of insult p. 233 / Luvell Anderson

14 Religious and ideologically motivated taboos p. 248 / Keith Allan

15 Speech or conduct? Law, censorship, and taboo language p. 264 / Christopher Hutton

16 Taboo language in books, films, and the media p. 285 / Gabriele Azzaro

17 Taboos and bad language in the mouths of politicians and in advertising p. 311 / Toby Ralph and Barnaby Ralph

18 Taboo language used as banter p. 334 / Elijah Wald

19 Taboo language as source of comedy p. 353 / Barry J. Blake

20 An anthropological approach to taboo words and language p. 372 / Stanley H. Brandes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198808194

9780198808190

OCLC:

1079835122