UID:
almahu_9948093734102882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780191845871 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Oxford handbooks online
Content:
The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language defines taboo as a proscription of behaviour for a specifiable community of one or more persons at a specifiable time in specifiable contexts. What is in fact tabooed is the use of those words and language in certain contexts; in short, the taboo applies to instances of language behaviour. For behaviour to be proscribed it must be perceived as in some way harmful to an individual or their community but the degree of harm can fall anywhere on a scale from a breach of etiquette to out-and-out fatality. All tabooed behaviours are deprecated and they lead to social if not legal sanction. Taboos are described and the reasons and beliefs behind them are investigated.
Note:
Taboo words and language: An overview /
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Taboo as a driver of language change /
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Problems translating tabooed words from source to target language /
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Linguistic taboos in a second or foreign language /
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Philosophical investigations of taboo of insult /
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Religious and ideologically motivated taboos /
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Speech or conduct? Law, censorship, and taboo language /
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Taboo language in books, films, and the media /
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Taboos and bad language in the mouths of politicians and in advertising /
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Taboo language used as banter /
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Taboo language as source of comedy /
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Taboo language and impoliteness /
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An anthropological approach to taboo words and language /
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Taboos in speaking of sex and sexuality /
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Speaking of disease and death /
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The psychology of expressing and interpreting linguistic taboos /
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Taboo language awareness in early childhood /
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Swearing and the brain /
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Taboo topics in deaf communities /
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Taboo terms and their grammar /
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780198808190
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford handbooks online
URL:
Oxford handbooks online
