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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; 2Rev Ed edition (26 Mar 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140267077
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140267075
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2 cm
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Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and various current trends, Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascinating, little discussed yet irrespressible part of our linguistic heritage. This second edition contains a Postscript updating various contemporary developments, such as the growth of Political Correctness.


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Geoffrey Hughes is Professor of History of the English Language at the University of the Witwatersand, Johannesburg.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book but definitely for academics, 9 April 2002
This book is good. Hughes knows his stuff. This book goes right back to the beginning of time and deeply analyses all documents that survive. Sometimes it went a bit too deep for me which led me to think this is more of a book for students/academics of English rather than the layman. To be honest I have only dipped in and out of the book as the analyses did get very heavy and boring sometimes. The parts I have read are very interesting nonetheless and it is good to see someone treating swear words as ordinary words. I would recommend this book overall.
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