The Function Of Profanity In Modern English
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Table Of Contents .
Chapter 1- Introduction and Clarification
Chapter 2- Everyday Usage of Profanity
Chapter 3- How Profanity Offends
Chapter 4- A Look at the Literal Meanings and Taboo
Chapter 5- Phatic and Emotive Language
Chapter 6- The Employment of Substitutes
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.... trends and short-lived
fashions. Could it be that these words were, and are, essential for
communication? Would the English language be as effective without these
words? Are efforts to repress them futile? Does the popularization of such
vocabulary create the need for new words with the same taboo status as the
original words? To summarize: Does profanity serve a useful purpose in the
English language?
In order to answer a question this complex, certain guidelines must be set.
The word "prof ....
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