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The Seven Words You Cant Say on Television
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3545298The Seven Words You Cant Say on Televisionhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-seven-words-you-cant-say-on-television-9780141889832/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3617494/da096883-3e14-4d22-90e4-b5359c2905eb.jpg?v=638385633196900000103103MXNPenguin Books LtdInStock/Ebooks/<p>Why do so many swear words involve sex, bodily functions and religion? Why are some words rude and others arent? Why can launching into expletives be so shocking - and sometimes so amusing?</p><p>Steven Pinker takes us on a fascinating and funny journey through the world of profanities, taken from his bestselling <em>The Stuff of Thought</em>, to show us why we swear (whatever our language or culture), how taboos change and how we use obscenities in different ways. Youll discover that in Québecois French the expression Tabernacle is outrageous, that the Middle Ages were littered with four-letter words, that scumbag has a very unsavoury origin and that in a certain Aboriginal language <em>every</em> word is filthy when spoken in front of your mother-in-law.</p><p>Covering everything from free speech to Tourettes, from pottymouthed celebrities to poetry, this book reveals what swearing tells us about how our minds work. (Its also a bloody good read).</p>...3481359The Seven Words You Cant Say on Television103103https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-seven-words-you-cant-say-on-television-9780141889832/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3617494/da096883-3e14-4d22-90e4-b5359c2905eb.jpg?v=638385633196900000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20089780141889832_W3siaWQiOiIxNGI2ZDVmMi02ODg2LTQzNDYtOTc5ZC0zMDYzZTMyZjBmMzIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjEwNCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjExLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjkzLCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNC0xMi0wMVQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlfV0=9780141889832_<p>Why do so many swear words involve sex, bodily functions and religion? Why are some words rude and others arent? Why can launching into expletives be so shocking - and sometimes so amusing?</p><p>Steven Pinker takes us on a fascinating and funny journey through the world of profanities, taken from his bestselling <em>The Stuff of Thought</em>, to show us why we swear (whatever our language or culture), how taboos change and how we use obscenities in different ways. Youll discover that in Québecois French the expression Tabernacle is outrageous, that the Middle Ages were littered with four-letter words, that scumbag has a very unsavoury origin and that in a certain Aboriginal language <em>every</em> word is filthy when spoken in front of your mother-in-law.</p><p>Covering everything from free speech to Tourettes, from pottymouthed celebrities to poetry, this book reveals what swearing tells us about how our minds work. (Its also a bloody good read).</p>...9780141889832_Penguin Books Ltdlibro_electonico_d0c2de36-603f-4ec9-b854-e56a2269b8ca_9780141889832;9780141889832_9780141889832Steven PinkerInglésMéxico2008-09-04T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Books Ltd