Forbidden Words and Female Anatomy. Gender and Language Taboos in the Oxford English Dictionary
This paper focuses on English taboo vocabulary concerning female anatomy as represented in lexicography. It examines the Oxford English Dictionary and its many biases and subjectivity concerning gender, among other things. The analysis considers the three editions of the dictionary, the diachronic e...
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Firenze University Press
2023-12-01
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Online Access: | https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/14254 |
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