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Forbidden words : taboo and the censoring of language
- Title
- Forbidden words : taboo and the censoring of language / Keith Allan and Kate Burridge.
- Author
- Allan, Keith, 1943-
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 07-1271 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Burridge, Kate.
- Description
- ix, 303 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-292) and index.
- Contents
- Taboos and their origins -- Sweet talking and offensive language -- Bad language? : jargon, slang, swearing, insult -- The language of political correctness -- Taboo, naming and addressing -- Sex and bodily effluvia -- Food and smell -- Disease, death and killing.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-1271
- ISBN
- 0521819601 (hbk.)
- 9780521819602 (hbk.)
- 0521525640 (pbk.)
- 9780521525640 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2006003312
- OCLC
- 64065804
- Author
- Allan, Keith, 1943-
- Title
- Forbidden words : taboo and the censoring of language / Keith Allan and Kate Burridge.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-292) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Burridge, Kate.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-1271