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Why We Curse: A Neuro-psycho-social Theory of Speech

By Timothy Jay

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins Pub Co
Year
2000
ISBN
9781556197581, 1556197586, 9027221863, 9789027221865, 9789027298485
LCC
BF463.I58 J38 2000
Open Library ID
OL17592634M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2131125 bytes)
Series
Advances in Consciousness Research
Edition
First Edition
Pages
345\345
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36
Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Психолингвистика

Description

Psychiatrists, linguists and neurologists currently have no coherent theory for why we curse and why we choose the words we do when we curse. This text gathers information about cursing from different disciplines and unites them to explain the factors that underlie this phenomenon.

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