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Offensive Language: Taboo, Offence and Social Control: by Jim O’Driscoll, London and New York, Bloomsbury, 2020, pp. viii + 205, ISBN 978-1-350-16967-8 (hbk), ₤95.00/$117.00

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Research on the topic of taboo language was quite sparse throughout the twentieth century, and it was scattered across the many disciplines studying human communication. That situation has changed ... Click to show full abstract

Research on the topic of taboo language was quite sparse throughout the twentieth century, and it was scattered across the many disciplines studying human communication. That situation has changed ...

Keywords: offensive language; taboo offence; offence social; language taboo; language; social control

Journal Title: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
Year Published: 2021

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