Chapter 1
Swearing in Danish children’s television series
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Definition of swearwords
- 3.Data
- 4.Comparison with an older Danish children’s television series
- 4.1Comparison by swearword frequency
- 4.2Comparison by swearword type
- 5.Have swearwords become stronger?
- 6.How do swearwords function?
- 6.1Adults vs. children
- 6.2Interlocutor sex
- 6.3Hero vs. villain
- 7.Swearwords vs. other types of aggressive language
- 8.Conclusion
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Note
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