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

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2006

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Description xv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; 1 Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; 1 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [262]-269) and index Subject Swearing -- History. Power (Social sciences) -- English-speaking countries. English language -- Social aspects. English language -- Obscene words. English language -- History. English language -- Slang. LC no. 2005004209 ISBN 0415258375 hardback

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