35.67, Books: For F*cks Sake: Roache (2023)

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Date: 07-Dec-2023
From: Rachel Havard [Rachel.HAVARD at oup.com]
Subject: For F*cks Sake: Roache (2023)


Title: For F*cks Sake
Subtitle: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press
                http://www.oup.com/us
Book URL:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/for-fcks-sake-9780190665067

author: Rebecca Roache
Abstract:

Swearwords have an almost magical power to shock and offend.  What
explains this? What can we learn when we take a close, serious look at
swearwords and how they work? What do we find when we explore, for
example, what exactly it is we're doing when we swear, or why people
are more tolerant of f***--when they know full well what it stands
for--than they are of the swearword it refers to? Philosopher Rebecca
Roache takes readers on an illuminating and entertaining search for
answers to these and other puzzling questions about swearing. As she
argues, swearing is uniquely powerful because unlike other etiquette
breaches it is designed to offend. But that is not all that swearing
can do. It has the power to bring people together, help them accept
one another, and relate to one another as equals.

Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language
                     Pragmatics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English (eng)



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