Essays about: "Swear words"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Swear words.

  1. 1. Closing the gender gap? : A diachronic study of male and female use of swear words in the BNCs of 1994 and 2014

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Kristina Nerman; [2024]
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  3. 2. Gender differences in swearing in American sitcom: types and reasons

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Tanzima Mahmud; [2023]
    Keywords : Swearing; swear words; gender roles; television sitcoms;

    Abstract : The essay is a study on gender differences in the use of swearing on television. Data collected for the thesis is from the American sitcom Shameless. The work of Lakoff (1975) on women’s language and Stapleton’s (2010) study done on gender differences on the use of expletive in both genders are drawn on as the theoretical considerations. READ MORE

  4. 3. On Swear Words and Rap Music: : A Diachronic Study of the Changes in the Use of Swear Words in Rap Music from the 1970s to the 2010s

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Filip Nikitas Metallinos Log; [2022]
    Keywords : Rap; music; corpus; functional categories; swear words;

    Abstract : It has previously been shown that music features progressively more swear words and profanities per word uttered over time, and that rap music is at the forefront of this change. Therefore, this study explores whether there have been significant changes in swear word usage in rap music between the genre's conception (1970s-1980s), its commercialization (1990s-2000s), and its current black rights and personhood movements (2010s), totaling 50 years from 1970 to 2019. READ MORE

  5. 4. English profanities in Nordic-language tweets : A comparative quantitative study

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Johannes Widegren; [2022]
    Keywords : Profanity; swearing; swear words; bad language; pragmatic borrowing; loanwords; contact linguistics; Nordic languages; Twitter; geo-tagging; Nordic Tweet Stream; adaptation; Fula ord; svärord; pragmatiska lån; lånord; kontaktlingvistik; nordiska språk; Twitter; geo-taggar; Nordic Tweet Stream; anpassning;

    Abstract : English profanities (i.e. potentially offensive words, including swear words) have been in use for decades in the Nordic languages – Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Finnish – and offer a multitude of opportunities for linguistic expression, along with the domestic, heritage profanities in each language. READ MORE

  6. 5. Profanity and Women : A Linguistic Analysis of Language and Gender - Based on HBO's True Blood

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

    Author : Navneet Kaur Sapra; [2021]
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    Abstract : Like many other social issues concerning gender, language also comes with gendered stereotypes and limitations which results in difference and inequality in speech, based on gender. According to folk-linguistic beliefs and a variety of linguists, women are believed to speak in a specific way in which using swear words is not considered ideal. READ MORE