Cursing in America : a psycholinguistic study of dirty language in the courts, in the movies, in the schoolyards, and on the streets / by Timothy Jay.

Who uses dirty words? And when? How is the bad language we use reflected in the movies, in the courts, and elsewhere? With Cursing in America, psychologist Timothy Jay presents the first serious and extensive examination of American profanity from a psycholinguistic-contextual point of view. An amaz...

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Main Author: Jay, Timothy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992.
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