Use Of Profanity Research Articles

The use of profanity in conversational speech

Vocabulary was collected from a college student population to test the validity of Cameron's (1969, 1970) criticisms of the relatively low proportionate occurence of profanity in reports of previous word counts. Data was collected on magnetic tape. Profane words formed 7.44 per cent of the vocabulary compared to Cameron's 8.06 per cent. These results, considered with the 0.14 per cent profanity obtained in our earlier study (1970) using the same collection procedures with a general adult population, indicated that Cameron's high proportion was probably due to the population he sampled.

In the Septuagint, and Its Relation To the Hebrew Original

The root qddas (holy) suggests the idea of separation in that a person or a thing is withheld from ordinary or profane use and consequently treated with special care or consideration, dedicated to the Divine, or devoted to sacred purposes. An object is set apart not only in a negative sense, but also in a positive one, inasmuch as it is treated as belonging to the divine sphere. In this sense qddas and its derivatives may be applied to God, to persons associated with the sanctuary, or to various objects connected with worship. This usage is taken over by the LXX and adequately represented by Greek, MYLd Sirach xlvii 8 (9) 1,e / 'el 'yn: y in Sirach xlviii 20 (22), where I. LEVI restores YHWH, G reads 6 y (the Holy One). 'elobhm (God). Jer. iii 21, They have forgotten YHWH 'elohheem: G 0eou 'AyLou ox¥CUC ; Is. lx 9 sem YHWH 'elohayk: G To ¥vo~oc KupLou To &ylov, where the adjective is substituted for 'elohaj,ik. In Lev. xviii 21, in order to avoid identification of 'elohim with pagan gods, sem 'eloheka is translated To ovopoc To &yLov. hda'ron (the ark). In 2 Ch. v 9 this is rendered by a neuter plural, tr oyLoc (the holy place, i.e., the nave). In this passage there is a Hebrew variant haqqode, which is found in MT 1 Kings viii 8. bad (pl., sticks, staves [for carrying the ark]). The word apparently by popular etymology was derived from bddad (separate) and under-

Labor Law. Picketing. Use of Profanity and Abusive Language Held to Be a Violation of Injunction against Intimidation

Labor Law. Picketing. Use of Profanity and Abusive Language Held to Be a Violation of Injunction against Intimidation

Shinto, Nurse of the Arts

Buddhism has always rightly been spoken of by Japanese scholars as the mainstay and patron of their national art, particularly of painting and sculpture and architecture. Not only were all the important examples that survive from early days made for the uses of Buddhism but, till the Middle Ages and even later, few really significant paintings or statues seem to have been intended for profane use. There can be no doubt that since the eighth century the wealthy establishment of Buddhism has been a munificent patron of all the crafts that supplied her varied paraphernalia.