Ideology and practice of swearing among young Chinese women in Singapore.

• Main Author: Lo, Isabel Mei Yan.
• Other Authors: Kang Yoonhee
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social behavior
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/18943
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study explores ideology and practice of swearing among young Chinese women in Singapore. Surveys and interviews indicate that young women’s swearing is related not to ideology but to their attitudes toward women’s swearing. Participant observations reveal multiple uses of young women’s swearing...