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

Swearing is an everyday part of the language of most speakers of modern English. This corpus informed account of swearing describes swearing and its social function, with a particular focus on the relationship between swearing and abuse.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McEnery, Tony, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Colección:Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Swearing is an everyday part of the language of most speakers of modern English. This corpus informed account of swearing describes swearing and its social function, with a particular focus on the relationship between swearing and abuse.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 276 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-269) and index.
ISBN:0203501446
9780203501443