Maledicta

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| title = Maledicta

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| editor = Reinhold Aman

| discipline = Linguistics, profanity

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| abbreviation = Maledicta

| publisher = Reinhold Aman

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| history = 1977–2005

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| website = http://aman.members.sonic.net/journal.html

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| OCLC = 3188018

| LCCN = 77649633

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| ISSN = 0363-3659

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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).

Further reading

  • {{cite journal |last1=Baldinger |first1=Kurt |title=Maledicta I, 1977 |department=Besprechungen |journal=Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie |date=1978 |volume=94 |issue=5–6 |pages=636–637 |doi=10.1515/zrph.1978.94.5-6.563 |language=de |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=B[aldinger] |first1=K[urt] |title=Maledicta III, 1979 |department=Besprechungen |journal=Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie |date=1980 |volume=96 |issue=5–6 |pages=640–641 |doi=10.1515/zrph.1980.96.5-6.515 |language=de |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=B[aldinger] |first1=K[urt] |title=Maledicta IV, 1, 1980 |department=Besprechungen |journal=Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie |date=1981 |volume=97 |issue=5–6 |page=613 |doi=10.1515/zrph.1981.97.5-6.531 |language=de |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Baldinger |first1=Kurt |title=Maledicta V, 1981 |department=Besprechungen |journal=Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie |date=1982 |volume=98 |issue=5–6 |page=639 |doi=10.1515/zrph.1982.98.5-6.551 |language=de |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=B[aldinger] |first1=K[urt] |title=Maledicta VI, 1982 |department=Besprechungen |journal=Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie |date=1984 |volume=100 |issue=5–6 |page=671 |doi=10.1515/zrph.1984.100.5-6.527 |language=de |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=B[aldinger] |first1=K[urt] |title=Maledicta VII, 1983 |department=Besprechungen |journal=Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie |date=1984 |volume=100 |issue=5–6 |page=671 |doi=10.1515/zrph.1984.100.5-6.527 |language=de |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=B[aldinger] |first1=K[urt] |title=Maledicta VIII, 1984–1985 |department=Besprechungen |journal=Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie |date=1986 |volume=102 |issue=5–6 |page=622 |doi=10.1515/zrph.1986.102.5-6.498 |language=de |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=B[aldinger] |first1=K[urt] |title=Maledicta 9 (1986–1987) |department=Besprechungen |journal=Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie |date=1990 |volume=106 |issue=5–6 |page=653 |doi=10.1515/zrph.1990.106.5-6.467 |language=de |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=B[aldinger] |first1=K[urt] |title=Maledicta 10 (1988) |department=Besprechungen |journal=Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie |date=1990 |volume=106 |issue=5–6 |page=654 |doi=10.1515/zrph.1990.106.5-6.467 |language=de |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Cornog |first1=Martha |title=Review of Maledicta: The International Journal of Verbal Aggression |journal=The Journal of Sex Research |date=1984 |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=103–106 |jstor=3812412 |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Hochegger |first1=H. |title=Maledicta. The International Journal of Verbal Aggression |journal=Anthropos |date=1978 |volume=73 |issue=5/6 |page=909 |jstor=40459653 |language=de |ref=none}}
  • {{cite encyclopedia |entry=Maledicta |pages=305–306 |isbn=978-0-7656-1231-1 |last=Hughes |first=Geoffrey |title=An Encyclopedia of Swearing: The Social History of Oaths, Profanity, Foul Language, and Ethnic Slurs in the English-Speaking World |publisher=M. E. Sharpe |date=2006 |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Miller |first1=Tristan |title=Reinhold Aman, 1936–2019 |journal=Humor |date=2020 |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=1–5 |doi=10.1515/humor-2019-0085 |doi-access=free |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Mintz |first1=Lawrence E. |author-mask=[Mintz, Lawrence E.]|title=Review of Maledicta. VI: 1–2 |journal=American Humor |date=1983 |volume=10 |issue=1 |page=28 |jstor=42591242 |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Scheier |first1=Michael F. |title=Maledicta: The international journal of verbal aggression |journal=Aggressive Behavior |date=1978 |volume=4 |issue=1 |page=91 |doi=10.1002/1098-2337(1978)4:1<91::AID-AB2480040107>3.0.CO;2-J |ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Witz |first1=Verstand |title=R. Aman, Maledicta 1981 |journal=International Social Science Review |date=1982 |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=123–124 |id={{ProQuest|1291048949}} |ref=none}}