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Abstract
Swearing is a verbal act in which the main language structure is composed of multiple swear words. The reasons for
studying swearing include the need to know what lexical items might be used for swearing. For this reason, it is critical to
determine the pragmatic principles and cultural beliefs which underlie curse words. This paper constructs a thesaurus of the
swearing vocabulary used in the late-Yuan and early-Ming dynasty novel, Shuǐhǔ zhuàn (水浒传). It analyzes the pragmatic principles and cultural beliefs
surrounding swearing during those dynasties by means of exhaustive measurement, offering a better understanding of those
pragmatics and beliefs and showing how Chinese people swore or used abusive language at that time. This paper indicates that those
Yuan and Ming pragmatic principles and cultural beliefs also underlie the ways in which modern Chinese people swear.
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The aim of the International Journal of Language and Culture (IJoLC) is to disseminate cutting-edge research that explores the interrelationship between language and culture. The journal is multidisciplinary in scope and seeks to provide a forum for researchers interested in the interaction between language and culture across several disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology, applied linguistics, psychology and cognitive science. The journal publishes high-quality, original and state-of-the-art articles that may be theoretical or empirical in orientation and that advance our understanding of the intricate relationship between language and culture. IJoLC is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year. Topics of interest to IJoLC include, but are not limited to the following: a. Culture and the structure of language, b. Language, culture, and conceptualisation, c. Language, culture, and politeness, d. Language, culture, and emotion, e. Culture and language development, f. Language, culture, and communication.
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