This is a manageable topic - though obviously a sensitive one! On the gender dimension, see pp 124-5 of the textbook for a potential methodological problem, but don't let this put you off: just be aware of the issue. How have you got on with your reading? Have you found, for example, McEnery and ZXiao - Swearing in modern British English: the case of fuck in the BNC - Language and Literature 2004 13: 235? Or Tony McCenery's book (2006) Swearing in English: Bad language, purity and power from 1586 to the present? Keep us posted - and well done with getting the blog going eventually. Remember to sign up for the other groups' blogs.
This is a manageable topic - though obviously a sensitive one! On the gender dimension, see pp 124-5 of the textbook for a potential methodological problem, but don't let this put you off: just be aware of the issue.
ReplyDeleteHow have you got on with your reading? Have you found, for example, McEnery and ZXiao - Swearing in modern British English: the case of fuck in the BNC - Language and Literature 2004 13: 235? Or Tony McCenery's book (2006) Swearing in English: Bad language, purity and power from 1586 to the present?
Keep us posted - and well done with getting the blog going eventually.
Remember to sign up for the other groups' blogs.