Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1. Swearing in Danish children’s television series 17
5. Chapter 2. Swearing and instant messaging 43
6. Chapter 3. FUCK CANCER, Fucking Åmål, Aldrig fucka upp 65
7. Chapter 4. Fuck in French 87
8. Chapter 5. The borrowability of English swearwords 107
9. Chapter 6. Gender and age differences in swearing 137
10. Chapter 7. Swearing in English and Spanish teenage talk 157
11. Chapter 8. Swearing in Italian 183
12. Chapter 9. Swearing in Persian 213
13. Chapter 10. Swearing in Finnish 231
14. Chapter 11. Epilogue 257
15. Index 263