The Oxford handbook of taboo words and language
The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language defines taboo as a proscription of behaviour for a specifiable community of one or more persons at a specifiable time in specifiable contexts. What is in fact tabooed is the use of those words and language in certain contexts; in short, the taboo appli...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2018, 2018
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| Series: | Oxford handbooks online / Oxford handbooks online
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| Collection: | Oxford Handbook Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language defines taboo as a proscription of behaviour for a specifiable community of one or more persons at a specifiable time in specifiable contexts. What is in fact tabooed is the use of those words and language in certain contexts; in short, the taboo applies to instances of language behaviour. For behaviour to be proscribed it must be perceived as in some way harmful to an individual or their community but the degree of harm can fall anywhere on a scale from a breach of etiquette to out-and-out fatality. All tabooed behaviours are deprecated and they lead to social if not legal sanction. Taboos are described and the reasons and beliefs behind them are investigated |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780191845871 |