Swear!ng is g*od f*r you : the amaz!ng sc!ence of bad language
(2018, original release: 2017)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
401.9/BYRNE,E
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2018
©2017
©2017
EDITION
First American edition
DESCRIPTION
232 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781324000280 (hardcover), 1324000287 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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