Keith Allan: Forbidden Words | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780521525640 | Forbidden Words | Taboo and the Censoring of Language | Allan (u. a.)

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Beschreibung

Many words and expressions are viewed as 'taboo', such as those used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those used to insult other people. This book provides a fascinating insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. It looks at the ways we use language to be polite or impolite, politically correct or offensive, depending on whether we are 'sweet-talking', 'straight-talking' or being deliberately rude. Using a range of colourful examples, it shows how we use language playfully and figuratively in order to swear, to insult, and also to be politically correct, and what our motivations are for doing so. It goes on to examine the differences between institutionalized censorship and the ways individuals censor their own language. Lively and revealing, Forbidden Words will fascinate anyone who is interested in how and why we use and avoid taboos in daily conversation.

Über den Autor

Keith Allan is Reader in Linguistics and Convenor of the Linguistics Program at Monash University.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Taboos and their origins; 2. Sweet talking and offensive language; 3. Bad language? Jargon, slang, swearing and insult; 4. The language of political correctness; 5. Linguistic purism and verbal hygiene; 6. Taboo, naming and addressing; 7. Sex and bodily effluvia; 8. Food and smell; 9. Disease, death and killing; 10. Taboo, censoring and the human brain; Notes; References; Index.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2012
Genre:	Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780521525640
ISBN-10:	0521525640
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Allan, Keith Burridge, Kate
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Maße:	229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Keith Allan (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.05.2012
Gewicht:	0,457 kg

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