28.3483, Sum: Courses on Swearing and Taboo Language

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-3483. Tue Aug 22 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.3483, Sum: Courses on Swearing and Taboo Language

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Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:49:55
From: Laura McGarrity [lauramcg at uw.edu]
Subject: Courses on Swearing and Taboo Language

 
In LL issue 28.3311 I posted a query asking for information about courses
being taught on swearing or other types of taboo language.

I received six responses. A summary, including name/institution (dept)/course
or topic, as given by the respondents is listed below:

Betty Birner, Northern Illinois University (English), Topics in Linguistics:
Forbidden language

Israel Cohen, Florida, Anthropomorphic maps and Phono-semantic matching in
idiom formation

Randall Eggert, University of Utah (Linguistics), Bad words and Taboo terms

Benjamin Bergen, UC San Diego (Cognitive Science), What the *#!?: An
uncensored introduction to language

Elizabeth Peterson, University of Helsinki (Modern Languages), Bad English

Penelope O’Connor, Augustana College (Communication studies), Currently
untitled course on swearing for a Liberal Arts First Year Inquiry sequence

I want to thank those who responded for their willingness to share their ideas
and materials with me.

Laura McGarrity
Department of Linguistics
University of Washington
 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics



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