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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McEnery, Tony, 1964-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Series:	Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; 1.
Subjects:	Swearing > History. Power (Social sciences) > English-speaking countries. English language > Social aspects. English language > Obscene words. English language > History. English language > Slang.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Description
Physical Description:	xv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [262]-269) and index.
ISBN:	0415258375 (hardback)