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Advances in Swearing Research: New languages and new contexts
Edited by Kristy Beers Fägersten and Karyn Stapleton
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 282] 2017
► pp. 65–86

Chapter 3
FUCK CANCER, Fucking Åmål, Aldrig fucka upp

The standardisation of fuck in Swedish media

| Södertörn University
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Language and the media
  • 3.Swearwords and the media
  • 4.English in Swedish
  • 5.English swearwords in Swedish media
    • 5.1FUCK CANCER
      • 5.2 Fucking Åmål
      • 5.3 Aldrig fucka upp
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 19 October 2017
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