Title Swearing : a social history of foul language, oaths, and profanity in English / Geoffrey Hughes

Published Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell, 1991

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Description ix, 283 pages ; 24 cm Series The Language library Language library. Contents Includes indexes Analysis English language Slang History English language English language Slang History History Overseas item Slang Social change Notes Includes indexes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [268]-274) and indexes Subject English language -- History. English language -- Obscene words. English language -- Slang. English language -- Social aspects. English language -- Slang -- History. Swearing -- History. Author Crystal, David, 1941- series editor LC no. 90023129 ISBN 0631165932 0631187359

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