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Swearing is good for you : the amazing science of bad language /

Byrne, Emma, 1978-

Swearing is good for you : the amazing science of bad language / Emma Byrne. - First American edition. - pages cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: what the fuck is swearing? -- The bad language brain: neuroscience and swearing -- 'Fuck! that hurts': pain and swearing -- Tourette's syndrome, or why this chapter shouldn't be in this book -- Disciplinary offence: swearing in the workplace -- 'You damn dirty ape': (other) primates that swear -- No language for a lady: gender and swearing -- Schiesse, merde, cachau: swearing in other languages -- Conclusion.

9781324000280 (hardcover)

2017051178


Obscene words.

P410.O27 / .B97 2018

179/.5

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