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Publication details [#34580]

Stapleton, Karyn. 2003. Gender and Swearing: A Community Practice. Women and Language 26 (2) : 22–33.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

community of practice | gender | swearing

Place, Publisher

George Mason University

ISBN

8755-4550

Annotation

This paper uses a 'communities of practice' framework to contextualize the practice of swearing and to examine the meanings of this practice for a particular 'community' of undergraduate drinking friends.