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McEnery, Tony, / 1964-

Swearing in English : bad language, purity and power from 1586 to the present / Tony McEnery. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - xv, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; 1 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-269) and index.

0415258375 9780415258371

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Swearing--History.
Power (Social sciences)--English-speaking countries.
English language--Social aspects.
English language--Obscene words.
English language--History.
English language--Slang.

PE3724.S85 / M38 2006

427/.09