Swear!ng is g*od f*r you : the amaz!ng sc!ence of bad language /
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Author / Creator: | Byrne, Emma, 1978- author. |
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Edition: | First American edition. |
Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2018. ©2017 |
Description: | 232 pages ; 22 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11402573 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: What the Fuck Is Swearing?
- 1. The Bad Language Brain: Neuroscience and Swearing
- 2. "Fuck! That hurts." Pain and Swearing
- 3. Tourette's Syndrome, or Why This Chapter Shouldn't Be in This Book
- 4. Disciplinary Offense: Swearing in the Workplace
- 5. "You damn dirty ape." (Other) Primates that Swear
- 6. No Language for a Lady: Gender and Swearing
- 7. Schieße, Merde, Cachau: Swearing in Other Languages
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index