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Swearing : a social history of foul language, oaths and profanity in English
Author
Hughes, Geoffrey
Additional Author(s)
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Publisher
Oxford: Blackwell, 1991
Language
English
ISBN
0631187359
Series
The Language library
Subject(s)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE-SLANG-HISTORY
ENGLISH LANGUAGE-SOCIAL ASPECTS
SWEARING-HISTORY
Notes
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Abstract
Bibliography: p. 268-274
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Number of Page(s)
ix, 283 p.
Dimension
23
Other Desc.
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04472/93
427 Hug S
Library - 7th Floor
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