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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Bergen, Benjamin K., author.     Subjects     Obscene words -- Psychological aspects.     Swearing -- Psychological aspects.     Blessing and cursing -- Psychological aspects.     Languages, Modern -- Obscene words -- Psychological aspects.     Psychoanalytic interpretation.     Psycholinguistics.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bergen, Benjamin K., author.       by title:      What the f [electron...         MARC Display

What the f [electronic resource] : what swearing reveals about our language, our brains, and ourselves / Benjamin K. Bergen. by Bergen, Benjamin K., author. [Rego Park] : Your Coach Digital, 2016. Subjects Obscene words -- Psychological aspects.   Swearing -- Psychological aspects.   Blessing and cursing -- Psychological aspects.   Languages, Modern -- Obscene words -- Psychological aspects.   Psychoanalytic interpretation.   Psycholinguistics. Electronic Resource http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=50&titleID=2967272 This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1088-1/2967272-WhatTheF.mp3 Electronic Resource http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f5b6f8de-ba48-45e9-968a-617cfdded1e8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1088-1/{F5B6F8DE-BA48-45E9-968A-617CFDDED1E8}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9781469065588 (electronic audio bk.) 1469065584 (electronic audio bk.) Description:  1 online resource (1 sound file (08 hr., 45 min., 46 sec.)) : digital Edition:  Unabridged. Requests:  0 Summary:  Nearly everyone swears--whether it's over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned from television and censored in books. We insist that people excise profanity from their vocabularies and we punish children for yelling the very same dirty words that we'll mutter in relief seconds after they fall asleep. Swearing, it seems, is an intimate part of us that we have decided to selectively deny.That's a damn shame. Swearing is useful. It can be funny, cathartic, or emotionally arousing. As linguist and cognitive scientist Benjamin K. Bergen shows us, it also opens a new window onto how our brains process language and why languages vary around the world and over time.In this groundbreaking yet ebullient romp through the linguistic muck, Bergen answers intriguing questions: How can patients left otherwise speechless after a stroke still shout Goddamn! when they get upset? When did a cock grow to be more than merely a rooster? Why is crap vulgar when poo is just childish? Do slurs make you treat people differently? Why is the first word that Samoan children say not mommy but eat shit? And why do we extend a middle finger to flip someone the bird?Smart as hell and funny as fuck, What the F is mandatory listening for anyone who wants to know how and why we swear.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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