Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths, and Profanity in English

Swearing

A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths, and Profanity in English

By
Geoffrey Hughes
Geoffrey Hughes
1991 • 292 pages

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161 books

Linguistics

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How Dead Languages Work
Forbidden Words
Grammar and Gender
Language Myths
What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

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25 books

History Of English

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Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language
Essentials of Early English: An Introduction to Old, Middle, and Early Modern English
Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
Grammar and Gender
Word origins
The Story of English in 100 Words

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37 books

English Language

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The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
The Fight for English: How language pundits ate, shot, and left
Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of a Pure Standard English
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She
The Wordhord
The Mother Tongue

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23 books

Historical Linguistics

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Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language
A History of German: What the Past Reveals about Today's Language
Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
Grammar and Gender
The Story of English in 100 Words
Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation