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Item Information   Holdings     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 : what sw...         MARC Display

What the f : what swearing reveals about our language, our brains, and ourselves / Benjamin K. Bergen. by Bergen, Benjamin K., author. New York : Basic Books, c2016. Subjects Obscene words -- Psychological aspects.   Swearing -- Psychological aspects.   Blessing and cursing -- Psychological aspects.   Languages, Modern -- Obscene words -- Psychological aspects.   Psychoanalytic interpretation.   Psycholinguistics. ISBN:  9780465060917 : 0465060919 Description:  vii, 271 pages : charts, illustrations ; 25 cm 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. Requests:  0 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"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 401.9 Be Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 401.9 Be Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 401.9 Be Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kealakekua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 401.9 Be Checked In Add Copy to MyList Lanai P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 401.9 Be Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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