Advances in swearing research : new languages and new contexts / edited by Kristy Beers Fägersten, Karyn Stapleton.

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TextSeries: Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 282.Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]Description: 1 online resource (vi, 266 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789027265005
9027265003

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Advances in swearing research.DDC classification:

417/.2 23

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P410.O27 A38 2017

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Advances in Swearing Research -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. The study of swearing -- 2. How much and how bad? Frequency and offensiveness in swearing research -- 2.1 Frequency -- 2.2 Offensiveness -- 3. Variations on a theme in swearing research -- 4. The present volume: New languages and new contexts -- References -- 1. Swearing in Danish childrenâ#x80;#x99;s television series -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definition of swearwords -- 3. Data -- 4. Comparison with an older Danish childrenâ#x80;#x99;s television series

4.1 Comparison by swearword frequency4.2 Comparison by swearword type -- 5. Have swearwords become stronger? -- 6. How do swearwords function? -- 6.1 Adults vs. children -- 6.2 Interlocutor sex -- 6.3 Hero vs. villain -- 7. Swearwords vs. other types of aggressive language -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Anchor 157 -- 2. Swearing and instant messaging -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Swearing as a discursive strategy -- 3. The database and research sites -- 4. The conceptual and analytical framework -- 5. Swearing in workplace instant messaging

5.1 Swearing in workplace instant messaging for humorous and playful purposes5.2 Swearing in workplace instant messaging for expressing negative feelings and devaluation -- 6. Swearing between colleagues in instant messaging: reframing the workplace context -- 6.1 The potential of swearing in workplace instant messaging -- 6.2 The resources for swearing in workplace instant messaging -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Anchor 195 -- 3. FUCK CANCER, Fucking Ã#x85;mÃÆl, Aldrig fucka upp -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Language and the media -- 3. Swearwords and the media

4. English in Swedish5. English swearwords in Swedish media -- 5.1 FUCK CANCER -- 5.2 Fucking Ã#x85;mÃÆl -- 5.3 Aldrig fucka upp -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Anchor 176 -- 4. Fuck in French -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Other language swearing: semantic, pragmatic and affective dimensions -- 3. Fuck alors -- -- -- 4. Fuck as heightened transgression -- 5. Canada: Fucker -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- 5. The borrowability of English swearwords -- 1. Introduction -- 2. English swearwords in Dutch tweets

2.1 Swearing and pluricentricity: The Low Countries2.2 Contact-induced variation and change: Borrowing swearwords -- 2.3 Swearing and social media -- 3. Research questions -- 4. Data and method -- 4.1 Set of source-language swearwords and insults: Online swearword inventories -- 4.2 Verification in a receptor language corpus: Twitter in the Low Countries -- 5. Pluricentric variation in the borrowability of English swearwords in Dutch -- 5.1 Which words borrowed are borrowed, and why? Factors influencing borrowability -- 5.1.1 Denotational category

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