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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 8
Swearing in Italian

A redefinition of the notions of dysphemism and euphemism

 | Lancaster University
 | Lancaster University
Published online: 19 October 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.282.09dic
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Taboo language, dysphemisms, euphemisms
  • 3.Corpus Linguistics, Construction Grammar, itWaC
  • 4.The multi-word expression rompere i coglioni
    • 4.1Taboo language constructions in the corpus
    • 4.2Dysphemisms and euphemisms in the construction [ROMPERE] + ART + N
  • 5.Dysphemism and euphemism from a Construction Grammar perspective
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
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