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Publication details [#57985]

Horan, Geraldine Theresa. 2013. ‘You taught me language; and my profit on't/Is, I know how to curse’: cursing and swearing in foreign language learning. Language and Intercultural Communication 13 (3) : 283–297.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cursing | foreign language acquisition | foreign language teaching | swearing | taboo

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper reviews whether, why and how cursing and swearing, as key but contentious emotional language manifestations, performing multiple functions, should be handled in foreign language learning (FLL).