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Forbidden words : = taboo and the censoring of language /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Forbidden words :/ Keith Allan and Kate Burridge.
Reminder of title:	taboo and the censoring of language /
Author:	Allan, Keith,
other author:	Burridge, Kate,
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 303 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Taboo, Linguistic. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511617881
ISBN:	9780511617881 (ebook)

Forbidden words : = taboo and the censoring of language /
Allan, Keith,1943-

Forbidden words :taboo and the censoring of language /Keith Allan and Kate Burridge. - 1 online resource (ix, 303 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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 2006 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.

ISBN: 9780511617881 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

802490
Taboo, Linguistic.

LC Class. No.: P305.18.T33 / A43 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 417/.2

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