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LEADER: 01617cam a22003014a 4500
001 2010042867
003 DLC
005 20111014160431.0
008 101006s2011 enka 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010042867
016 7 $a015566009$2Uk
020 $a9780230576315 (hardback)
020 $a0230576311 (hardback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn670238266
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042 $apcc
050 00 $aP410.O27$bL586 2011
082 00 $a417/.2$222
084 $aLAN016000$aLAN009000$aLAN000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLjung, Magnus.
245 10 $aSwearing :$ba cross-cultural linguistic study /$cMagnus Ljung.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $axii, 190 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"This study provides a definition and a typology of swearing and compares its manifestations in English and 24 other languages. In addition the study traces the history of swearing from its first known appearance in Ancient Egypt to the present day" --$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Defining Swearing -- A Typology of Swearing -- History of Swearing -- Interjections -- Oaths, Emphatic Denials, Curses -- Ritual Insults, Unfriendly Suggestions, Name-Calling -- Degree, Dislike, Emphasis, Exasperation and Annoyance -- Replacive Swearing -- Notes -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
650 0 $aWords, Obscene.
650 0 $aSemantics.