Open AccessVandaag heeft hij weer een pesthumeur, wat een klerelijer is dat toch! Over de historische invloed van pandemieën op Nederlandse verwensingen
Author(s) -
Jan Fábry,
Wilken Engelbrecht
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
roczniki humanistyczne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-5200
pISSN - 0035-7707
DOI - 10.18290/rh21696s-3
Subject(s) - art , humanities , theology , philosophy
Recent literature on politeness in language has observed that people are nowadays swearing more and use coarse language in which disease terms clearly prevail. This article aims to investigate the influence of past pandemics on Dutch. After a short historical introduction, the lexical traces of the various pandemics are discussed.