In praise of profanity / / Michael Adams
| In praise of profanity / / Michael Adams |
| Autore | Adams Michael <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina | 427 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Obscene words
English language - Slang Swearing |
| ISBN |
0-19-933760-8
0-19-933759-4 |
| Classificazione | LAN009000LAN021000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798419103321 |
Adams Michael <1961->
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In praise of profanity / / Michael Adams
| In praise of profanity / / Michael Adams |
| Autore | Adams Michael <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina | 427 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Obscene words
English language - Slang Swearing |
| ISBN |
0-19-933760-8
0-19-933759-4 |
| Classificazione | LAN009000LAN021000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815685403321 |
Adams Michael <1961->
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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