Code: 04023303
Swearing
by Geoffrey Hughes
A revised and updated edition of this history of profanity in the English language, which explores a little discussed but irrepressible part of our linguistic heritage.
- Language:
English - Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Penguin Books, 1998
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Book synopsis
A revised and updated edition of this history of profanity in the English language, which explores a little discussed but irrepressible part of our linguistic heritage.
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Book category Books in English Language linguistics Historical & comparative linguistics
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- Full title: Swearing
- Author: Geoffrey Hughes
- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 304
- EAN: 9780140267075
- ISBN: 0140267077
- ID: 04023303
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Weight: 212 g
- Dimensions: 196 × 129 × 14 mm
- Date of publishing: 26. March 1998
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