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Language and Politics

John Joseph

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780748624522

Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: September 2012

DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748624522.001.0001

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Taboo language and its restriction

Taboo language and its restriction

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(p.86) Chapter 5 Taboo language and its restriction
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Language and Politics
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John E. Joseph

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Edinburgh University Press
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748624522.003.0005

This discusses taboo language and its restriction. It covers swearing; the language police state; the politics of (self-)censorship; hate speech; and the right to hear no evil.

Keywords:   taboo language, swearing, police state, self-censorship, hate speech, language restriction

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