a brief history of time
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Product details
- ISBN 9780140267075
- Weight: 145g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 26 Mar 1998
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and various current trends, Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascinating, little discussed yet irrespressible part of our linguistic heritage. This second edition contains a Postscript updating various contemporary developments, such as the growth of Political Correctness.
Geoffrey Hughes is Professor of History of the English Language at the University of the Witwatersand, Johannesburg.
