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What the f : what swearing reveals about our language, our brains, and ourselves, Benjamin K. Bergen
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- Summary
- "Smart as hell and funny as fuck, this book explains why we can't stop swearing and what it tells us about our language and brains. Everyone swears. Only the rare individual can avoid ever letting slip an expletive. And yet, we ban the words from television and insist that polite people excise them from their vocabularies. That's a fucking shame. Not only is swearing colorful, fun, and often powerfully apt, as linguist and cognitive scientist Benjamin K. Bergen shows us, the study of it can provide a new window onto how our brains process language. How can patients left otherwise speechless after a stroke still shout out "Goddamn!"? Why did Pope Francis say "fuck" in the middle of a speech? When did a cock cease to be a rooster? Why is "crap" vulgar when "poo" is just childish? And what are we shooting when we give someone the bird? What the F? Let me effing tell you"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vii, 271 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780465060917
- Label
- What the f : what swearing reveals about our language, our brains, and ourselves
- Title
- What the f
- Title remainder
- what swearing reveals about our language, our brains, and ourselves
- Statement of responsibility
- Benjamin K. Bergen
- Subject
-
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics | General
- Language
- Language and languages
- Languages, Modern -- Obscene words | Psychological aspects
- Obscene words -- Psychological aspects
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology
- Blessing and cursing -- Psychological aspects
- Psycholinguistics
- SCIENCE -- History
- Swearing -- Psychological aspects
- Verbal Behavior
- Words, obscene -- Psychological aspects
- Psychoanalytic interpretation
- Brain
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Smart as hell and funny as fuck, this book explains why we can't stop swearing and what it tells us about our language and brains. Everyone swears. Only the rare individual can avoid ever letting slip an expletive. And yet, we ban the words from television and insist that polite people excise them from their vocabularies. That's a fucking shame. Not only is swearing colorful, fun, and often powerfully apt, as linguist and cognitive scientist Benjamin K. Bergen shows us, the study of it can provide a new window onto how our brains process language. How can patients left otherwise speechless after a stroke still shout out "Goddamn!"? Why did Pope Francis say "fuck" in the middle of a speech? When did a cock cease to be a rooster? Why is "crap" vulgar when "poo" is just childish? And what are we shooting when we give someone the bird? What the F? Let me effing tell you"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bergen, Benjamin K
- Dewey number
- 401/.9
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- charts
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- P410.O27
- LC item number
- B47 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Obscene words
- Swearing
- Blessing and cursing
- Languages, Modern
- Psychoanalytic interpretation
- Psycholinguistics
- Language and languages
- Psycholinguistics
- Swearing
- Words, obscene
- Languages, Modern
- Psychoanalytic interpretation
- SCIENCE
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
- PSYCHOLOGY
- Blessing and cursing
- Language
- Verbal Behavior
- Brain
- Label
- What the f : what swearing reveals about our language, our brains, and ourselves, Benjamin K. Bergen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn941875482
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vii, 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465060917
- Lccn
- 2016007705
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- charts, illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780465060917
- (OCoLC)941875482
- Label
- What the f : what swearing reveals about our language, our brains, and ourselves, Benjamin K. Bergen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn941875482
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vii, 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465060917
- Lccn
- 2016007705
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- charts, illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780465060917
- (OCoLC)941875482
Subject
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics | General
- Language
- Language and languages
- Languages, Modern -- Obscene words | Psychological aspects
- Obscene words -- Psychological aspects
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology
- Blessing and cursing -- Psychological aspects
- Psycholinguistics
- SCIENCE -- History
- Swearing -- Psychological aspects
- Verbal Behavior
- Words, obscene -- Psychological aspects
- Psychoanalytic interpretation
- Brain
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