The Oxford handbook of taboo words and language [electronic resource] / edited by Keith Allan.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Allan, Keith, 1943- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford handbooks in linguistics.
Oxford handbooks.
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Format: Electronic eBook

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Oxford Handbooks Online: 2018 (Oxford Academic)