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

• Autore: McEnery Tony <1964->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 427/.09
• Soggetto topico: Swearing - History; Power (Social sciences) - English-speaking countries; English language - Social aspects; English language - Obscene words; English language - History; English language - Slang
• Classificazione: 18.04
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-269) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Swearing in English
• ISBN: 1-134-51425-5; 1-134-51426-3; 1-280-28122-7; 9786610281220; 0-203-50144-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813222103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; ; 1.