Who's swearing now? : the social aspects of conversational swearing / by Kristy Beers Fagersten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beers Fägersten, Kristy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swearing--Social aspects.

Swearing.

Slang--Social aspects.

Slang.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references ( p. [317]-324) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4438-3820-9

OCLC:

827209219