Why We Curse : a neuro-psycho-social theory of speech.

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Psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologists, linguists and speech pathologists currently have no coherent theory to explain why we curse and why we choose the words we do when we curse. The Neuro-Psycho-Social Theory of Speech draws together information about cursing from different disciplines and un...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jay, Timothy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1999.
Temas:
Invective > Psychological aspects.
Blessing and cursing > Psychological aspects.
Threat (Psychology)
Verbal behavior.
Verbal Behavior
Invectives > Aspect psychologique.
Bénédiction et malédiction > Aspect psychologique.
Menace (Psychologie)
Comportement verbal.
Blessing and cursing > Psychological aspects
Invective > Psychological aspects
Verbal behavior
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • WHY WE CURSE; Title page; LCC page; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; PART I. Introduction to the Study of Cursing; Chapter 1. Tourette Syndrome and Coprolalia: The Need for a Theory; Chapter 2. Psycholinguistics and Cursing; Chapter 3. The Neuro-Psycho-Social Theory of Cursing; Chapter 4. Postulates of the NPS Theory; PART II. Neurological Factors Underlying Cursing; Chapter 5. Propositional Speech, Nonpropositional Speech, and the Right Cerebral Hemisphere; Chapter 6. Emotional Speech and the Emotional Brain; Chapter 7. Anger and Verbal Aggression.

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