30.790, Books: The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language: Allan (ed.)

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Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 18:22:06
From: Alyssa Russell [Alyssa.Russell at oup.com]
Subject: The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language: Allan (ed.)

 


Title: The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-taboo-words-and-language-9780198808190 


Editor: Keith Allan

Hardback: ISBN:  9780198808190 Pages: 464 Price: U.S. $ 150.00


Abstract:

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.

Chapters 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.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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