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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. 231–256

Chapter 10
Swearing in Finnish

Folk definitions and perceptions

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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Basis for the study
  • 3.Swearwords in Finnish
  • 4.Survey data and respondent profiles
  • 5.General folk linguistic perceptions of swearing in Finnish
  • 6.Folk definitions of swearword and swearing
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 19 October 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.282.11hjo
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