In:The Anatomy of Polish Offensive Words: A sociolinguistic exploration
Łukasz Zarzycki
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 53] 2024
► pp. 8–140
Chapter 1Theoretical background for the analysis of swearing
Published online: 5 January 2024
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.53.c1
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.53.c1
Article outline
- 1.1What counts as swearing
- 1.2The classifications/typologies of swearing
- 1.3Forms of dirty
words
- 1.3.1Cursing
- 1.3.2Profanity
- 1.3.3Blasphemy
- 1.3.4Obscenity
- 1.3.5Vulgarisms
- 1.3.6Euphemistic swearing
- 1.3.7Abusive swearing
- 1.3.8Adjurative swearing
- 1.3.9Asseverative swearing
- 1.3.10Ejaculatory and exclamatory swearing
- 1.3.11Execratory swearing
- 1.3.12Expletive swearing
- 1.3.13Interjectional swearing
- 1.3.14Hortative swearing
- 1.3.15Objurgatory swearing
- 1.3.16Hortatory swearing
- 1.4Who swears, why and where?
- 1.5The frequency of swear words
- 1.6The level of swear word acceptance on the basis of CBOS report
- 1.7The situational context of swearing
- 1.8Swearing and dialect
- 1.9The origins of swearing
- 1.10The physiology and psychology of swearing
- 1.11Tourette’s syndrome and swearing
- 1.12The sexual aspect of swearing
- 1.13Stress, annoyance and swearing
- 1.14Gender and swearing
- 1.15Censorship and manipulation
- 1.16The history
of swearing
- 1.16.1Vulgarisms in the Middle Ages
- 1.16.2Swearing during the Renaissance
- 1.16.3Swearing in the 18th and 19th century
- 1.16.4Swearing in the 20th century and nowadays
- 1.16.5Modern attitudes to dirty language: The reformation of manners
- 1.17The borrowability of foreign swear words into Polish
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