Corpus-based diachronic studies show a documented increase in the frequency, normalization, and semantic expansion of English curse words over time, supporting the claim that modern English features more prevalent vulgarity.
The claim addresses the diachronic trajectory of vulgarity in the English language. Paper 4 provides direct empirical evidence from a large historical corpus showing an increase and normalization of profanity in English over centuries. Paper 9 further illustrates how modern digital communication accelerates lexical and semantic shifts. None of the papers refute the claim, leading to a verdict of SUPPORTED.