TY - BOOK AU - Beers Fägersten,Kristy AU - Stapleton,Karyn TI - Advances in swearing research: new languages and new contexts T2 - Pragmatics & beyond new series (P & BNS) SN - 9789027265005 AV - P410.O27 A38 2017 U1 - 417/.2 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Amsterdam, Philadelphia PB - John Benjamins Publishing Company KW - Obscene words KW - Social aspects KW - Research KW - Psychological aspects KW - Swearing KW - Languages, Modern KW - Language and culture KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Mots obscènes KW - Aspect social KW - Recherche KW - Aspect psychologique KW - Jurons KW - Langues vivantes KW - Langage et culture KW - Psycholinguistique KW - Sociolinguistique KW - psycholinguistics KW - aat KW - sociolinguistics KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Linguistics KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1610158 ER -