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001			941875482
003			OCoLC
005			20250203142224.0
008			160418s2016 nyuad b 001 0 eng
010			_a2016007705
020			_a9780465060917 _qhardcover
020			_a0465060919 _qhardcover
020			_z9780465096480 _qelectronic book
035			_a(OCoLC)941875482
040			_aDLC _erda _beng _cDLC _dYDX _dYDXCP _dBDX _dBTCTA _dSINLB _dON8 _dJP3 _dABG
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aP410.O27 _bB47 2016
082	0	0	_a401/.9 _223
100	1		_aBergen, Benjamin K.,
245	1	0	_aWhat the f : _bwhat swearing reveals about our language, our brains, and ourselves / _cBenjamin K. Bergen
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _c[2016]
300			_avii, 271 pages : _bcharts, illustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aHoly, 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			_a"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
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index
650		0	_aObscene words _xPsychological aspects
650		0	_aSwearing _xPsychological aspects
650		0	_aBlessing and cursing _xPsychological aspects
650		0	_aLanguages, Modern _xObscene words _xPsychological aspects
650		0	_aPsychoanalytic interpretation
650		0	_aPsycholinguistics _93158
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