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Autore |
Adams Michael <1961-> |
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In praise of profanity / / Michael Adams |
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-933760-8 |
0-19-933759-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Obscene words |
English language - Slang |
Swearing |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; In Praise of Profanity; Copyright ; Contents ; Preface; In Praise of Profanity; Chapter 1: Profanity: The Great Debate(s) ; IN THE BEGINNING ; BABEL RESTORED ; WHAT IS PROFANITY, EVEN? ; VULGARITY ; THE AGE OF PROFANITY ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 2: Intimacy, Exceptionalism, and Having It Both Ways ; INTIMACY AND SOLIDARITY ; EXCEPTIONALISM: AN INTERLUDE ; HAVING IT BOTH WAYS ; IN PRAISE OF PROFANITY ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3: Expletive and Euphemism ; SHIT-SLINGING CHIMPANZEES ; LANGUAGE AS GESTURE ; PRAGMATIC PROFANITY ; PROFANITY AND THE END OF LANGUAGE ; THE PARADOX OF EUPHEMISM |
TRUE EUPHEMISMS EUPHEMISM AND POLITENESS ; EUPHEMISM AS PALIMPSEST ; PARODIES OF EUPHEMISM ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 4: Artful Profanity ; PHILOSOPHICAL PROFANITY ; POLITICAL PROFANITY ; PROFANITY PERFORMED ; PENULTIMATE PROFANITY ; REFERENCES ; Coda : Ultimate Profanity ; REFERENCES ; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In In Praise of Profanity, Michael Adams offers a provocative, unapologetic defense of profanity, arguing that we consistently fail to appreciate it as a legitimate means of expressing ourselves. |
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