Swearing is good for you
Subtitle: the amazing science of bad language
By: Emma Byrne
Edition: First American edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781324000280
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Obscence Words; Obscene words
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-224) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: what the fuck is swearing?; title: The bad language brain: neuroscience and swearing; title: 'Fuck! that hurts': pain and swearing; title: Tourette's syndrome, or why this chapter shouldn't be in this book; title: Disciplinary offence: swearing in the workplace; title: 'You damn dirty ape': (other) primates that swear; title: No language for a lady: gender and swearing; title: Schiesse, merde, cachau: swearing in other languages; title: Conclusion.