This Book Is Taboo: An Introduction to Linguistics through Swearing

• What purpose will swearing serve? In This Reserve is Taboo: An Intro to Linguistics through Swearing, instead of condemning swearing or the individuals who swear, Randall Eggert applies the various tools of linguistics, the study of language, to comprehend how swearing features in language–and in loudspeakers.

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• Why are some phrases even more offensive than others, even though they mean a similar thing?Â
• Why is a word “poor?”
• Will there be a grammar to swearing?Â
• Which terms perform different cultures see as taboo?
• How will swearing change as time passes and where did a few of today’s swear phrases come from? affect how you swear? However these very terms are stated;
• Just how do your competition, sex, ethnicity, religion, age group, social course, etc.
• How is normally swearing in a spanish not the same as swearing in your indigenous language?
• Just how do the FCC and additional authorities know what is acceptable to state and what is not really?
• Why are swear terms more acceptable in a few circumstances than others?
• What goes on in the mind when you state or hear swear terms?

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This textbook is supposed for anybody thinking about language and the part swearing has in it; no history in linguistics is necessary or expected. Visitors are cautioned, nevertheless, that vivid, graphic, and potentially offensive good examples are accustomed to illustrate ideas, ideas, and theories. You cannot discuss taboo vocabulary adequately without violating some taboos; hence, this reserve is usually taboo.

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