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Publication details [#35076]

Klerk, Vivian De. 1992. How taboo are taboo words for girls? Language in Society 21 (2) : 277–289.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
politeness | taboo | women's language | women's vs. men's language
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045
Journal WWW
journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper, drawing on south African data, supports the view that women are familiar with and use a broad range of taboo/slang/pejorative terms.