This Book Is Taboo: An Introduction to Linguistics through Swearing
By EGGERT RANDALL.
Description
Every known language has words that are taboo, that speakers aren't supposed to say. Yet these very words are said; simply put, people swear. In This Book is Taboo: An Introduction to Linguistics through Swearing, rather than condemning swearing or the people who swear, Randall Eggert applies the tools of linguistics, the scientific study of language, to understand how swearing functions in language--and in speakers. In an engaging and often playful manner, this textbook investigates swear words from many directions: What purpose does swearing serve?Which concepts are likely to lead to...
ISBN(s)
0757586422, 9780757586422
