Sacres Across the Atlantic

A distinguishing feature of Quebec French is the varied set of swearwords inspired by Catholicism ( les sacres ) that are used in conversation. In this work, these terms are approached from an interactionist viewpoint in order for the author to be able to establish a comparison between their functions and those of Maltese swearwords in linguistic interaction. Interest in swearing as a linguistic phenomenon has gradually increased in academia over the last thirty years up to the point where consi