02769nam 2200589 450 991046534660332120200520144314.00-19-933759-4(CKB)3710000000747343(EBL)4706148(SSID)ssj0001691344(PQKBManifestationID)16539618(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001691344(PQKBWorkID)14881756(PQKB)25079236(MiAaPQ)EBC4706148(Au-PeEL)EBL4706148(CaPaEBR)ebr11274430(OCoLC)953458839(EXLCZ)99371000000074734320161013h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn praise of profanity /Michael AdamsOxford, [England] ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-933758-6 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.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 EUPHEMISMTRUE 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 ; INDEXIn 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.English languageObscene wordsEnglish languageSlangSwearingElectronic books.English languageObscene words.English languageSlang.Swearing.427Adams Michael1961-912930MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465346603321In praise of profanity2109314UNINA