Offensive language : taboo, offence and social control / Jim O'Driscoll.
Offensive language : taboo, offence and social control / Jim O'Driscoll.
Offensive language : taboo, offence and social control / Jim O'Driscoll.
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Publisher
London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Call Numbers
G 2020/5026
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 205 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I. Offensive language and why it matters. Introduction ; Theoretical and analytical apparatus -- Part II. Potential offence: taboo language. Taboo language ; Taboo words ; Taboo reference ; Taboo predication -- Part III. Actual offence: case studies. Some more theoretical considerations ; Offen...
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Publisher
London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2020.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Why do people take offence at things that are said? What is it exactly about the offending utterance which causes this negative reaction? How well motivated are these responses? Offensive Language addresses these questions by applying an array of concepts from linguistic pragmatics and sociolinguistics to a wide range of examples, from TV to Twitt...
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Offensive language : taboo, offence and social control / Jim O'Driscoll.
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Taboo, offence and social control
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-200) and index.
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©2020
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G 2020/5026
Record Identifier
74VKaKy2mDx3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaKy2mDx3
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ISBN
9781350169678
DDC
306.44
MMS ID
991024366316702626
