Make us homepage
Add to Favorites
FAIL (the browser should render some flash content, not this).

Main page » Tag Censoring

Sort by: date | rating | most visited | comments | alphabetically


Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of Language
276
 
 
Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of LanguageForbidden Words
Taboo and the Censoring of Language

Shows the role of taboo language in everyday life • Describes the use of a wide range of taboos - insulting; being impolite; talking about sex, body parts, bodily functions, death and killing; as well as how we avoid taboos in order to be politically correct • Written in a reader-friendly style that will appeal to those with no background in linguistics

 
  More..
Tags: taboos, Language, Forbidden, Censoring, Written