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001    ocn941875482 
003    OCoLC 
005    20170207083142.0 
008    160418s2016    nyuad    b    001 0 eng   
010      2016007705 
020    9780465060917|q(hardcover) 
020    0465060919|q(hardcover) 
020    |z9780465096480|q(electronic book) 
035    (OCoLC)941875482 
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050 00 P410.O27|bB47 2016 
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084    SCI034000|aLAN009000|aPSY031000|2bisacsh 
092    401.9|bB495W 
100 1  Bergen, Benjamin K.,|eauthor. 
245 10 What the f :|bwhat swearing reveals about our language, 
       our brains, and ourselves /|cBenjamin K. Bergen. 
264  1 New York :|bBasic Books,|c[2016] 
300    vii, 271 pages :|bcharts, illustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
520    "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"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Obscene words|xPsychological aspects. 
650  0 Swearing|xPsychological aspects. 
650  0 Blessing and cursing|xPsychological aspects. 
650  0 Languages, Modern|xObscene words|xPsychological aspects. 
650  0 Psychoanalytic interpretation. 
650  0 Psycholinguistics. 
650  4 Language and languages. 
650  4 Psycholinguistics. 
650  4 Swearing|xPsychological aspects. 
650  4 Words, obscene|xPsychological aspects. 
650  4 Languages, Modern|xObscene words|xPsychological aspects. 
650  4 Psychoanalytic interpretation. 
650  7 SCIENCE|xHistory.|2bisacsh 
650  7 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES|xLinguistics|xGeneral.
       |2bisacsh 
650  7 PSYCHOLOGY|xSocial Psychology.|2bisacsh 
650 12 Language. 
650 12 Verbal Behavior. 
650 12 Brain. 
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