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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. 213–229

Chapter 9
Swearing in Persian

A new perspective on swearing as a speech act

 | Sophia University
 | Sophia University
 | Sophia University
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 2.Understanding swearing from a cross-cultural perspective
  • 3.Methodology
  • 4.Speech act analysis
    • 4.1Swearing by God
    • 4.2Praying
    • 4.3Declaring
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 19 October 2017
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