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Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language
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Writing InstructionCognitionGeneral Sociology
Publisher Price: $15.95
ISBN13: 9780393356656
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Feb 26 2019
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
In this sparkling debut work of popular science, Emma Byrne examines the latest research to show how swearing can be good for you. She explores every angle of swearing--why we do it, how we do it, and what it tells us about ourselves. Packed with the results of unlikely and often hilarious scientific studies--from the ice-bucket test for coping with pain, to the connection between Tourette's and swearing, to a chimpanzee that curses at her handler in sign language--Swearing Is Good for You presents a lighthearted but convincing case for the foulmouthed.
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