Swearing
Swearing
- ISBN 13:
9780140267075
- ISBN 10:
0140267077
- Edition: Reprint
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 09/01/1998
- Publisher: Penguin Books
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Summary
Swearing in the English language encompasses a rich variety of modes. Tracing the history of this intriguing cultural phenomenon from its Anglo-Saxon traditions through the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and the Victorian Era, Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascinating, little-discussed, yet irrepressible, part of our linguistic heritage.