31.1857, Books: Swearing and Cursing: Nassenstein, Storch (eds.)

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Subject: 31.1857, Books: Swearing and Cursing: Nassenstein, Storch (eds.)

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Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:11:07
From: Asja Kusnezowa [Asja.Kusnezowa at degruyter.com]
Subject: Swearing and Cursing: Nassenstein, Storch (eds.)

 


Title: Swearing and Cursing 
Subtitle: Contexts and Practices in a Critical Linguistic Perspective 
Series Title: Language and Social Life [LSL], 22  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton
	

Book URL: https://bit.ly/3gtwrU4 


Editor: Nico Nassenstein
Editor: Anne Storch

Hardback: ISBN:  9781501517242 Pages: 335 Price: U.S. $ 114.99


Abstract:

While most of the more recent influential work on swearing has concentrated on
English and other languages from the Global North, looking at forms and
functions of swear words, this contribution redirects the necessary focus onto
a sociolinguistics of swearing that puts transgressive practices in
non-Western languages into the focus. The transdisciplinary volume contains
innovative case studies that address swearing and cursing in parts of the
world characterized by consequences of colonialism and increasingly debated
inequalities. Turning away from more conventional and established
methodologies and theoretical approaches, the book envisages to address
transgressive linguistic practices, performances and contexts in Africa, Asia,
America and Europe –including individuals' creativity, subversive power and
agency. Due to its interdisciplinary and non-mainstream focus, this volume is
an essential addition to the field of studies.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Psycholinguistics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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