The term
vulgarism, as used to single out a definite
group of words of non-standard English, is rather
misleading. The ambiguity of the term apparently
proceeds from the etymology of the word. These
two submeanings are the foundation of what we
here name vulgarisms. So vulgarisms are:
1) expletives and swear words which are of an
abusive character, like ‘
damn’, ‘
bloody’, ‘
to hell’,
‘
goddam’ and, as some dictionaries state, used
now
as general exclamations;
2) obscene words. These are known as four-letter
words the use of which
is banned in any form of
intercourse as being indecent Historians tell us
that in Middle Ages and down into the 16
th
century
they were accepted in
oral speech and after
Caxton even admitted to the printed page.
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From stylistic point of view, it is important to classify the English
vocabulary, as many stylistic devices are based on the
interplay of different stylistic aspects of words.
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According to Galperin, the vocabulary of
the English language
can be divided into three main layers: [7, 105]
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1. the literary layer
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2. the neutral layer
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3. the colloquial layer.
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