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Publication details [#43356]

Abbott, Gerry. 2005. Calling people names. English Today 21 (3) : 22–23.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
abuse of language | nick name | politeness | racism
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Journal WWW
journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper deals with name-calling as a cultural feature to express disrespect, and illustrates this with some examples currently heard in England.