The Anatomy of Swearing
Author: Ashley Montagu
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780812217643
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A pioneering work."--Steven Smith, University of Essex
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Interpersonal Pragmatics
Author: Miriam A. Locher
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2010-10-19
Total Pages: 509
ISBN-13: 3110214334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis handbook focuses on the interpersonal aspects of language in use, exploring key concepts such as face, im/politeness, identity, or gender, as well as mitigation, respect/deference, and humour in a variety of settings. The volume includes theoretical overviews as well as empirical studies from experts in a range of disciplines within linguistics and communication studies and provides a multifaceted perspective on both theoretical and applied approaches to the role of language in relational work.
The Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare’s World
Author: Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2022-05-19
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1350055506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare's World explores Shakespeare's complex art of insults and shows how the playwright set abusive words at the heart of many of his plays. It provides valuable insights on a key aspect of Shakespeare's work that has been little explored to date. Focusing on the most memorable scenes of insult, abusive characters and insulting effects in the plays, the volume shifts how readers understand and read Shakespeare's insults. Chapters analyze the spectacular rhetoric of insult in Henry IV, Troilus and Cressida and Timon of Athens; the 'skirmishes of wit' in Much Ado about Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream; insult and duelling codes in Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It and Twelfth Night, the complex relationships between slander and insult in Much Ado about Nothing and Measure for Measure; the taming of the tongue in Richard III and The Taming of the Shrew, the trauma of insults in Othello, The Merchant of Venice and Cymbeline and insult beyond words in Henry V and King lear. Grasping insult as a specific speech act, the volume explores the issues of verbal violence and verbal shields and the importance of reception and interpretation in matters of insult. It offers a panorama of the Elizabethan politics of insult and redefines Shakespeare's drama as a theatre of insults.
An Encyclopedia of Swearing
Author: Geoffrey Hughes
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-03-26
Total Pages: 715
ISBN-13: 1317476778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the only encyclopedia and social history of swearing and foul language in the English-speaking world. It covers the various social dynamics that generate swearing, foul language, and insults in the entire range of the English language. While the emphasis is on American and British English, the different major global varieties, such as Australian, Canadian, South African, and Caribbean English are also covered. A-Z entries cover the full range of swearing and foul language in English, including fascinating details on the history and origins of each term and the social context in which it found expression. Categories include blasphemy, obscenity, profanity, the categorization of women and races, and modal varieties, such as the ritual insults of Renaissance "flyting" and modern "sounding" or "playing the dozens." Entries cover the historical dimension of the language, from Anglo-Saxon heroic oaths and the surprising power of medieval profanity, to the strict censorship of the Renaissance and the vibrant, modern language of the streets. Social factors, such as stereotyping, xenophobia, and the dynamics of ethnic slurs, as well as age and gender differences in swearing are also addressed, along with the major taboo words and the complex and changing nature of religious, sexual, and racial taboos.
The Anatomy of Polish Offensive Words
Author: Łukasz Zarzycki
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2024-01-15
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9027247307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSwearing plays an important role in everyday language. We swear in the streets, at school, universities, at work and at home, on the means of transport, with family and friends. People have used swear words for centuries and they will continue to use them. The Anatomy of Polish Offensive Words examines offensive and vulgar language of young Poles in their everyday life including its forms, uses, manifestations and the ways in which people censor their words and sentences. The book presents a novel viewpoint on people’s psyche since we observe how society reacts to other humans so as to impose taboos by censoring Polish language. This book is the first book written in English on Polish swearing intended for the international reader (both linguists and non-linguists) who can benefit from it. It offers an intriguing look into Polish swear words, their classification in terms of offensiveness both from the perspective of quantitative and qualitative research but also from the AI (Artificial Intelligence) viewpoint. Mixed methods research, i.e., a questionnaire-based study and a corpus-based study, makes the research original. The findings deepen our understanding of swearing and its role in language.
Swearing Like a Motherfucking Paramedic
Author: Colorful Swearing Dreams
Publisher:
Published: 2019-08-07
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781088767726
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGAG GIFT IDEA - SWEAR WORD COLORING BOOK FOR GROWN-UPS This is an Adult Coloring Book of 20 Hilarious Paramedics Related Swearing Words and Relaxing Designs where men, women, paramedic, EMS technician, EMT can relief their stress by coloring & without cussing out loud! For Adult Only. Cover Soft Silky Matte Cover Size 8.5 x 11 inches (21.59 x 27.94 cm) Features 20 Unique & Relaxing Designs to Color for Adult Only This Coloring book Contains 20 hilarious Uncensored Swear Words (including F-words, C-words, etc.) Each Swear word is designed around Mandalas, Paisley Patterns, Flowers & more Each Coloring Page is designed for Laughing, Relaxing & Passing Time The Variety of Designs offer something for every skill level Your choice of coloring tools can be used (Gel Pens, Colored Pencils, Markers, Crayons, etc.) Each Coloring Page is Printed on One Side of white paper for best results. Examples of Cuss Words you can find in this Coloring Book "It Takes a Big Heart to Save Lives of Dipshits" "Your Body is Fine but your Brain is Fucked up" "Patients Call it "Emergency", Paramedics Call it "Zero Fucks Given" "Dear Patient, Admitting you are an Asshole is the First Step" and more! These coloring books are the best funny gag gift ideas for White Elephant, Retirement, Birthdays, Christmas for teachers moms, dads, coworkers, colleagues, etc. Unleash your inner artist as you color this therapeutic antistress coloring book, perfect for getting rid of negative feelings & staying stress-free. TIME TO COLOR THE STRESS AWAY
Who’s Swearing Now? The Social Aspects of Conversational Swearing
Author: Kristy Beers Fägersten
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2012-03-15
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1443838209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho’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 offers a solution to the controversial issue of defining swear words and swearing by limiting the investigation to the core set of words most common to previous swearing studies. This specific focus results in accurate depictions of contextualized swearing utterances. Precise frequency counts are thus enabled which, along with offensiveness ratings of contextualized and non-contextualized swearing, enable a clarification of The Swearing Paradox, referring to the phenomenon of frequently used swear words also being those which traditionally are judged to be the most offensive. The book revisits the relationship between gender and swear word usage, but considers the distribution based on the core subset of swear words, revealing similarities where others have claimed differences. Significantly, Who’s Swearing Now? considers the aspect of race with regards to swear word usage, and reveals behavioral differences between, for example, White and African American males and females with regards to word preferences, as well as social impetuses for and effects of swearing. Questionnaire and interview data supplement the swearing utterances, revealing participants’ individual credos about their own use or non-use of swear words and, interestingly, about others’ allowed or ideally prohibited use of swear words. These sets of data present thought-provoking and often entertaining statements regarding the unwritten set of rules governing swearing behavior. Who’s Swearing Now? concludes with close analyses of four recent and highly publicized incidences of public swear word usage, considered in light of the spontaneous swearing utterances, speaker and addressee variables such as gender, race and age, and perceptions of offensiveness and propriety
To Swear like a Sailor
Author: Paul A. Gilje
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-02-15
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 0521762359
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores American maritime world, including cursing, language, logbooks, storytelling, sailor songs, reading, and material culture.
Regulating Religion and Morality in the King's Armies
Author: Margaret Griffin
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9789004131705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany talk about the religious fervor of Parliamentarian supporters during the English Civil Way, says Griffin, but none have produced a corresponding portrayal of religion among Royalists. She challenges the orthodoxy that Protestants had a monopoly on religion and piety, drawing from the printed English military orders of Charles I aimed at regula.
On the Translation of Swearing into Spanish
Author: Betlem Soler Pardo
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2015-06-18
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1443879150
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAudiovisual translation has attracted the attention of many researchers in the years since it became recognised as an academic discipline with an established theory of translation. For its part, cinema is one of today’s most powerful and influential media, and the vast number of US films translated for Spanish audiences merits particular academic attention. This book presents an analysis of the insults from seven films directed by the North American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino – Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill (vols. I and II), Death Proof, and Inglourious Basterds – and how these insults have been translated from English into Spanish. One of the main reasons for building a corpus of this nature was to document the way Tarantino’s work is dubbed, and, using concrete examples, to describe the reality of translation and provide linguistic material with which to study dubbing, the most widespread translation modality in Spain. In an analysis of this nature, Tarantino’s films offer an interesting opportunity from a social perspective because of the exceptional number of insults they contain: 1526 insults have been recorded, classified and analysed in the preparation for this book. The magnitude of this figure is evidence of Tarantino’s constant use of swearwords, regardless of what his audiences might think, and whether or not they might sometimes prefer not to hear such a steady stream of foul language. Furthermore, his popularity has been achieved precisely because he refuses to allow distribution companies to alter his dialogues in any way, or modify the violence of his scenes, making Tarantino’s films of particular interest to the reader.
