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What the f : what swearing reveals about our language, our brains, and ourselves /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bergen, Benjamin K. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Obscene words > Psychological aspects.
Swearing > Psychological aspects.
Blessing and cursing > Psychological aspects.
Languages, Modern > Obscene words > Psychological aspects.
Psychoanalytic interpretation.
Psycholinguistics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Holy, fucking, shit, nigger
  • What makes a four-letter word?
  • One finger is worth a thousand words
  • The holy priest with the vulgar tongue
  • The day the Pope dropped the c-bomb
  • Fucking grammar
  • How cock lost its feathers
  • Little Samoan potty mouths
  • Fragile little minds
  • The $100,000 word
  • The paradox of profanity.