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This volume brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines to define and describe tabooed words and language and to investigate the reasons and beliefs behind them. In general, taboo is defined as a proscription of behaviour for a specific community, time, and context. In terms of language, taboo applies to instances of language behaviour: the use of certain words in certain contexts. The existence of linguistic taboos and their management lead to the censoring of behaviour and, as a consequence, to language change and development.0Chapters in this volume explore the multiple types of tabooed language from a variety of perspectives, such as sociolinguistics, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, historical linguistics, and neurolinguistics, and with reference to fields such as law, publishing, politics, and advertising. Topics covered include impoliteness, swearing, censorship, taboo in deaf communities, translation of tabooed words, and the use of taboo in banter and comedy.

Taboo, Linguistic. --- Taboo, Linguistic --- Linguistic taboo --- Ineffable, The --- Taboo

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The word ain't is used by speakers of all dialects and sociolects of English. Nonetheless, language critics view ain't as marking speakers as ""lazy"" or ""stupid""; and the educated assume ain't is on its deathbed, used only in clichés. Everyone has an opinion about ain't. Even the grammar-checker in Microsoft Word flags every ain't with a red underscore. But why? Over the past 100 years, only a few articles and sections of books have reviewed the history of ain't or discussed it in dialect cont...

Taboo, Linguistic. --- English language --- Linguistic taboo --- Ineffable, The --- Taboo --- Semantics. --- Semasiology --- English language Semantics --- Semantics

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Lexicology. Semantics --- French language --- Taboo, Linguistic --- Lexicography --- -Taboo, Linguistic --- Linguistic taboo --- Ineffable, The --- Taboo --- Langue d'oïl --- Romance languages --- Taboo, Linguistic. --- Lexicography. --- French language - Lexicography --- Lexicographie --- LEXICOLOGIE FRANCAISE --- LEXICOGRAPHIE

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Sociolinguistics --- 316:800 --- Names, Personal --- Forms of address --- Magic --- Taboo, Linguistic --- Euphemism --- Figures of speech --- Semantics --- Linguistic taboo --- Ineffable, The --- Taboo --- Magick --- Necromancy --- Sorcery --- Spells --- Occultism --- Address, Forms of --- Address, Titles of --- Titles of address --- Letter writing --- Salutations --- Titles of honor and nobility --- Anthroponomy --- Baby names --- Christian names --- Family names --- Forenames --- Names of families --- Names of persons --- Personal names --- Surnames --- Names --- Onomastics --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Sociolinguistiek --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Sociolinguistics. --- Names, Personal. --- Forms of address. --- Magic. --- Taboo, Linguistic. --- Euphemism. --- 316:800 Sociolinguistiek

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Many words and expressions are viewed as 'taboo', such as those used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those used to insult other people. This 2006 book provides a fascinating insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. It looks at the ways we use language to be polite or impolite, politically correct or offensive, depending on whether we are 'sweet-talking', 'straight-talking' or being deliberately rude. Using a range of colourful examples, it shows how we use language playfully and figuratively in order to swear, to insult, and also to be politically correct, and what our motivations are for doing so. It goes on to examine the differences between institutionalized censorship and the ways individuals censor their own language. Lively and revealing, Forbidden Words will fascinate anyone who is interested in how and why we use and avoid taboos in daily conversation.

Taboo, Linguistic --- Politeness (Linguistics) --- Jargon (Terminology) --- Swearing --- Euphemism --- 800.862 --- Slang. Vulgair taalgebruik --- Euphemism. --- Swearing. --- Taboo, Linguistic. --- Politieke correctheid (linguïstiek) --- Taal en censuur --- Taboe --- Vloeken (linguïstiek) --- eufemismen --- Politieke correctheid (linguïstiek). --- Taal en censuur. --- Vloeken (linguïstiek). --- eufemismen. --- slang. --- linguïstiek. --- Jargon (Terminology). --- Politeness (Linguistics). --- Censorship --- Political correctness --- Linguistic taboo --- Ineffable, The --- Taboo --- Profanity --- Cant --- Correctness, Political --- PC (Political correctness) --- P.C. (Political correctness) --- Ideology --- Courtesy (Linguistics) --- Linguistics --- Buzzwords --- Gobbledygook --- Slang --- Terms and phrases --- Figures of speech --- Semantics --- Book censorship --- Books --- Literature --- Literature and morals --- Anticensorship activists --- Challenged books --- Expurgated books --- Intellectual freedom --- Prohibited books --- Law and legislation --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Sociolinguistics --- Pragmatics --- Censorship. --- Political correctness. --- Etiquette. --- Taal en talen --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Eufemismen. --- Slang. --- Linguïstiek.