Cursing for Laughs: the Pragmatic Functions of Swearing in L1 and L2 English stand-up Comedy

Swearing is a linguistic tool with complex social and pragmatic functions, yet its use in real-world situations remains understudied. Previous research has argued that swearing may serve as a marker of identity, humor, and social bonding, but that these functions and listener interpretation vary gre...

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Published in:	Corpus pragmatics : international journal of corpus linguistics and pragmatics Vol. 10; no. 1
Main Author:	Holmberg, Alexander John
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2026
Subjects:	Computational Linguistics Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities Linguistics Original Paper Pragmatics Semantics Social Sciences Corpus-based analysis Stand-up comedy Swearing Humor Pragmatics
ISSN:	2509-9507, 2509-9515
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