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In:Advances in Swearing Research: New languages and new contexts
Edited by Kristy Beers Fägersten and Karyn Stapleton
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 282] 2017
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Chapter 1
Swearing in Danish children’s television series

 | University of Southern Denmark
Published online: 19 October 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.282.02rat
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Definition of swearwords
  • 3.Data
  • 4.Comparison with an older Danish children’s television series
    • 4.1Comparison by swearword frequency
    • 4.2Comparison by swearword type
  • 5.Have swearwords become stronger?
  • 6.How do swearwords function?
    • 6.1Adults vs. children
    • 6.2Interlocutor sex
    • 6.3Hero vs. villain
  • 7.Swearwords vs. other types of aggressive language
  • 8.Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
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