This paper traces the history of "bloody" from a holistic perspective, that is, in relation to other intensifiers.Using corpus evidence, the paper rejects current etymological proposals and suggests that the Reformation was the possible socio-historical context where "bloody" became a taboo word and an intensifier.
The diachronic development of the intensifier bloody: a case study in historical pragmatics
BISCETTI, STEFANIA
2008-01-01
Abstract
This paper traces the history of "bloody" from a holistic perspective, that is, in relation to other intensifiers.Using corpus evidence, the paper rejects current etymological proposals and suggests that the Reformation was the possible socio-historical context where "bloody" became a taboo word and an intensifier.File in questo prodotto:
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