Who’s Swearing Now? represents an investigation of how people actually swear, illustrated by a collection of over 500 spontaneous swearing utterances along wi

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While most of the more recent influential work on swearing has concentrated on English and other languages from the Global North, looking at forms and functions

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Why do people take offence at things that are said? What is it exactly about an offending utterance which causes this negative reaction? How well motivated is t