Essays about: "Denise Pham"

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  1. 1. “…this is teenage bitchiness” : A corpus-based study of teenagers’ use of the term bitch and its forms

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Denise Pham; [2007]
    Keywords : Keywords: Taboo; swearing; swearword; bitch; bitches; bitching; bitchy; bitchiness; conversion; amelioration; pejoration;

    Abstract : So far little research has been done on the term bitch exclusively. The aim of this essay is to find a pattern of teenagers’ uses of the word bitch in various contexts and in different grammatical forms. A further question is whether bitch can be considered a swearword or not. READ MORE