English historical linguistics 2010 : selected papers from the Sixteenth International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL 16), Pécs, 23-27 August 2010 /
The use of linguistic forms derived from the lexicon denoting sacred entities is often subject to tabooing behaviour. In the 15th and 16th century phrases like by gogges swete body or by cockes bones allowed speakers to address God without really saying the name; cf. Hock (1991: 295). The religious...
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
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2012.
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| Series: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ;
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