The Oxford handbook of taboo words and language /
This volume brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines to define and describe tabooed words and language and to investigate the reasons and beliefs behind them. In general, taboo is defined as a proscription of behavior for a specific community, time and context. In terms of language,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford handbooks in linguistics.
Oxford handbooks. |
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| Summary: | This volume brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines to define and describe tabooed words and language and to investigate the reasons and beliefs behind them. In general, taboo is defined as a proscription of behavior for a specific community, time and context. In terms of language, taboo applies to instances of language behavior, the use of certain words in certain contexts. The existence of linguistic taboos and their management lead to the censoring of behavior and, as a consequence, to language change and development. Chapters in this volume explore the multiple types of tabooed language from a variety of perspectives, such as sociolinguistics, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, historical linguistics and neurolinguistics, and with reference to fields such as law, publishing, politics and advertising. Topics covered include impoliteness, swearing, censorship, taboo in deaf communities, translation of tabooed words and the use of taboo in banter and comedy. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 448 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [391]-438) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198808194 9780198808190 |