{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-taboo-words-and-language-9780198808190","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language","description":"This volume brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines to define and describe tabooed words and language and to investigate the reasons and beliefs behind them. In general, taboo is defined as a proscription of behaviour for a specific community, time, and context. In terms of\u003cbr\u003elanguage, taboo applies to instances of language behaviour: the use of certain words in certain contexts. The existence of linguistic taboos and their management lead to the censoring of behaviour and, as a consequence, to language change and development. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChapters in this volume explore the multiple types of tabooed language from a variety of perspectives, such as sociolinguistics, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, historical linguistics, and neurolinguistics, and with reference to fields such as law, publishing, politics, and advertising. Topics\u003cbr\u003ecovered include impoliteness, swearing, censorship, taboo in deaf communities, translation of tabooed words, and the use of taboo in banter and comedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Allan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198808190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeith Allan is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Monash University and Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland. His research interests include the history and philosophy of linguistics, and aspects of meaning in language. His many books include \u003cem\u003eLinguistic Meaning\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 1986;\u003cbr\u003ereissued 2014), \u003cem\u003eNatural Language Semantics\u003c\/em\u003e (Blackwell, 2001), and \u003cem\u003eThe Western Classical Tradition in Linguistics\u003c\/em\u003e (Equinox, 2007; 2nd ed. 2010). He is the co-editor of multiple volumes, including \u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge Handbook of Pragmatics\u003c\/em\u003e (with Kasia Jaszczolt; CUP, 2012), \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of the\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistory of Linguistics\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2012), and \u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Linguistics\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40322454487155,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":155.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_08b267b1-b2e2-40d4-83d7-abc8b406fdb6.jpg?v=1659446030","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-taboo-words-and-language-9780198808190","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}