Naslov
Etymological analysis of profanity in the English language

Autori
Radović, Vedrana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, diplomski rad, diplomski

Fakultet
Sveučilište u Zadru

Mjesto
Zadar

Datum
09.07

Godina
2014

Stranica
55

Mentor
Fabijanić, Ivo

Ključne riječi
etymological analysis ; swearing ; bad language ; taboo ; classification

Sažetak
Profanity is a kind of linguistic performance present in every language and it can be argued whether there is an individual who has not uttered a single swearword in a lifetime. The study of swearing has long been a neglected research area and it was not until 1960s that the interest in it slowly started to increase. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to offer a better insight into etymology of British and American swearwords by determining their ancestral form, language of origin and earliest known use where possible. The corpus of fifty-six swearwords, out of which twenty-five have been randomly chosen for a more detailed analysis, was based on the five-part scale of offence created by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). The corpus is divided into three categories, following typology of swearing proposed by Battistella (2005).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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