Maledicta

Maledicta, The International Journal of Verbal Aggression, was an academic journal dedicated to the study of offensive and negatively valued words and expressions, also known as maledictology. Its main areas of interest were the origin, etymology, meaning, use, and influence of vulgar, obscene, aggressive, abusive, and blasphemous language. It was published from 1977 until 2005. The publisher, founder, and editor-in-chief was Reinhold Aman (April 8, 1936 – March 2, 2019).

Maledicta
DisciplineLinguistics, profanity
LanguageEnglish
Edited byReinhold Aman
Publication details
History1977–2005
Publisher
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Maledicta
Indexing
ISSN0363-3659
LCCN77649633
OCLC no.3188018
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