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Cursing in America [[electronic resource] ] : a psycholinguistic study of dirty language in the courts, in the movies, in the schoolyards and on the streets / / by Timothy Jay
| Cursing in America [[electronic resource] ] : a psycholinguistic study of dirty language in the courts, in the movies, in the schoolyards and on the streets / / by Timothy Jay |
| Autore | Jay Timothy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401/.9/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Obscene words - Psychological aspects - United States
Blessing and cursing - Psychological aspects - United States Words, Obscene - Psychological aspects - United States English language - United States - Obscene words Americanisms |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-49738-6
9786613592613 90-272-7405-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CURSING IN AMERICA; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Detailed Table of Contents; Chapter 1. What Are ""Dirty"" Words?; Cursing; Profanity; Blasphemy; Taboo; Obscenity; Vulgarity; Slang; Epithets; Insults and slurs; Scatology; What Is the Value of Classification?; Connotative and Denotative Usage; Colorful Metaphors; Context is critical; Time perspective; Summary; Chapter 2. When Children Use Dirty Words; Language Development; The Language of Infancy (Birth to Two Years); Anger and Dirty Words in Infancy; The Origins of Humor; Pre-School Humor.
Some Final Thoughts About InfantsThe Language of Childhood (Two to Eleven Years); Childhood Humor; Elementary School Humor.; Childhood Name Calling and Insulting; Object Naming; Childhood Story Telling; From Childhood to Adolescence: Final Thoughts; Two General Issues of Sex Talk and Language at School; The ""Etiquette"" of Dirty Words and Sex Talk; Conclusions About Sex Talk; The Issue of Dirty Language at School; The Emergence of an Obscene Lexicon; Field Study One; Field Study Two: Summer Camp (Hall & Jay, 1988); Summary of Field Studies; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Anger and Dirty Words Anger Expressed Through Cursing or BlasphemyAnger Expressed Through Reference to Subnormal Thought; Anger Expressed Through Obscenity; Anger Expressed Through Reference to a Sex Organ; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Deviant Sexual Act; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Being Sexually Violated; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Social-Sexual Deviation; Anger Expressed Through Racial-Ethnic Reference; Anger Expressed Through Scatology; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Body Product or Process; Anger Expressed Through Items Associated with Body Products Anger Expressed Through References to AnimalsAnger ExpressedThroughReference to Animal Feces; The Context of Anger Expression; Social-Physical Setting; Speaker-Listener Variable; Discussion; The Etiquette of Anger Expression with Taboo Words; A Five-Stage Model of Anger; Stage 1: The Offending Event; Stage 2: The Degree of Anger; Stage 3: Attempts to Control Anger; Stage 4: Loss of Control; Stage 5: Retribution; The Value of Expressing Anger; Summary; Chapter 4. The Frequency of Dirty Word Usage; Why Word Frequency?; The Frequency Estimation Problem: Why There Are No Dirty Words Counting Oral Frequency: Almost Good EnoughA Frequency Count of Students' Colloquial English (Jay, 1980a); College Sample of Dirty Words; Elementary School Dirty Words; Discussion; Field Studies Versus Laboratory Studies; A Field Study of Offensive Speech; The Contextual Approach; Method; Results; Discussion; Laboratory Studies of Offensive Speech; Jay 1977 Ratings; Method; Results; The Massachusetts Study (1978); Word List; Method; Results; A Matter of Semantics; Of Words and Deeds; Conclusion; Chapter 5. The Offensiveness of Words: Sex and Semantics; Purpose of the Chapter Offensiveness versus Offendedness |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461433103321 |
Jay Timothy
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| Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cursing in America : a psycholinguistic study of dirty language in the courts, in the movies, in the schoolyards and on the streets / / Timothy Jay
| Cursing in America : a psycholinguistic study of dirty language in the courts, in the movies, in the schoolyards and on the streets / / Timothy Jay |
| Autore | Jay Timothy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 pages) |
| Disciplina | 401/.9/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Obscene words - Psychological aspects - United States
Blessing and cursing - Psychological aspects - United States Words, Obscene - Psychological aspects - United States English language - United States - Obscene words Americanisms |
| ISBN |
1-280-49738-6
9786613592613 90-272-7405-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CURSING IN AMERICA; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Detailed Table of Contents; Chapter 1. What Are ""Dirty"" Words?; Cursing; Profanity; Blasphemy; Taboo; Obscenity; Vulgarity; Slang; Epithets; Insults and slurs; Scatology; What Is the Value of Classification?; Connotative and Denotative Usage; Colorful Metaphors; Context is critical; Time perspective; Summary; Chapter 2. When Children Use Dirty Words; Language Development; The Language of Infancy (Birth to Two Years); Anger and Dirty Words in Infancy; The Origins of Humor; Pre-School Humor.
Some Final Thoughts About Infants; The Language of Childhood (Two to Eleven Years); Childhood Humor; Elementary School Humor.; Childhood Name Calling and Insulting; Object Naming; Childhood Story Telling; From Childhood to Adolescence: Final Thoughts; Two General Issues of Sex Talk and Language at School; The ""Etiquette"" of Dirty Words and Sex Talk; Conclusions About Sex Talk; The Issue of Dirty Language at School; The Emergence of an Obscene Lexicon; Field Study One; Field Study Two: Summer Camp (Hall & Jay, 1988); Summary of Field Studies; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Anger and Dirty Words Anger Expressed Through Cursing or Blasphemy; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Subnormal Thought; Anger Expressed Through Obscenity; Anger Expressed Through Reference to a Sex Organ; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Deviant Sexual Act; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Being Sexually Violated; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Social-Sexual Deviation; Anger Expressed Through Racial-Ethnic Reference; Anger Expressed Through Scatology; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Body Product or Process; Anger Expressed Through Items Associated with Body Products Anger Expressed Through References to Animals; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Animal Feces; The Context of Anger Expression; Social-Physical Setting; Speaker-Listener Variable; Discussion; The Etiquette of Anger Expression with Taboo Words; A Five-Stage Model of Anger; Stage 1: The Offending Event; Stage 2: The Degree of Anger; Stage 3: Attempts to Control Anger; Stage 4: Loss of Control; Stage 5: Retribution; The Value of Expressing Anger; Summary; Chapter 4. The Frequency of Dirty Word Usage; Why Word Frequency?; The Frequency Estimation Problem: Why There Are No Dirty Words Counting Oral Frequency: Almost Good Enough; A Frequency Count of Students' Colloquial English (Jay, 1980a); College Sample of Dirty Words; Elementary School Dirty Words; Discussion; Field Studies Versus Laboratory Studies; A Field Study of Offensive Speech; The Contextual Approach; Method; Results; Discussion; Laboratory Studies of Offensive Speech; Jay 1977 Ratings; Method; Results; The Massachusetts Study (1978); Word List; Method; Results; A Matter of Semantics; Of Words and Deeds; Conclusion; Chapter 5. The Offensiveness of Words: Sex and Semantics; Purpose of the Chapter; Offensiveness versus Offendedness |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790203903321 |
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Jay Timothy
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| Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1992 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cursing in America : a psycholinguistic study of dirty language in the courts, in the movies, in the schoolyards and on the streets / / Timothy Jay
| Cursing in America : a psycholinguistic study of dirty language in the courts, in the movies, in the schoolyards and on the streets / / Timothy Jay |
| Autore | Jay Timothy |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 pages) |
| Disciplina | 401/.9/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Obscene words - Psychological aspects - United States
Blessing and cursing - Psychological aspects - United States Words, Obscene - Psychological aspects - United States English language - United States - Obscene words Americanisms |
| ISBN |
1-280-49738-6
9786613592613 90-272-7405-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CURSING IN AMERICA; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Detailed Table of Contents; Chapter 1. What Are ""Dirty"" Words?; Cursing; Profanity; Blasphemy; Taboo; Obscenity; Vulgarity; Slang; Epithets; Insults and slurs; Scatology; What Is the Value of Classification?; Connotative and Denotative Usage; Colorful Metaphors; Context is critical; Time perspective; Summary; Chapter 2. When Children Use Dirty Words; Language Development; The Language of Infancy (Birth to Two Years); Anger and Dirty Words in Infancy; The Origins of Humor; Pre-School Humor.
Some Final Thoughts About Infants; The Language of Childhood (Two to Eleven Years); Childhood Humor; Elementary School Humor.; Childhood Name Calling and Insulting; Object Naming; Childhood Story Telling; From Childhood to Adolescence: Final Thoughts; Two General Issues of Sex Talk and Language at School; The ""Etiquette"" of Dirty Words and Sex Talk; Conclusions About Sex Talk; The Issue of Dirty Language at School; The Emergence of an Obscene Lexicon; Field Study One; Field Study Two: Summer Camp (Hall & Jay, 1988); Summary of Field Studies; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Anger and Dirty Words Anger Expressed Through Cursing or Blasphemy; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Subnormal Thought; Anger Expressed Through Obscenity; Anger Expressed Through Reference to a Sex Organ; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Deviant Sexual Act; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Being Sexually Violated; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Social-Sexual Deviation; Anger Expressed Through Racial-Ethnic Reference; Anger Expressed Through Scatology; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Body Product or Process; Anger Expressed Through Items Associated with Body Products Anger Expressed Through References to Animals; Anger Expressed Through Reference to Animal Feces; The Context of Anger Expression; Social-Physical Setting; Speaker-Listener Variable; Discussion; The Etiquette of Anger Expression with Taboo Words; A Five-Stage Model of Anger; Stage 1: The Offending Event; Stage 2: The Degree of Anger; Stage 3: Attempts to Control Anger; Stage 4: Loss of Control; Stage 5: Retribution; The Value of Expressing Anger; Summary; Chapter 4. The Frequency of Dirty Word Usage; Why Word Frequency?; The Frequency Estimation Problem: Why There Are No Dirty Words Counting Oral Frequency: Almost Good Enough; A Frequency Count of Students' Colloquial English (Jay, 1980a); College Sample of Dirty Words; Elementary School Dirty Words; Discussion; Field Studies Versus Laboratory Studies; A Field Study of Offensive Speech; The Contextual Approach; Method; Results; Discussion; Laboratory Studies of Offensive Speech; Jay 1977 Ratings; Method; Results; The Massachusetts Study (1978); Word List; Method; Results; A Matter of Semantics; Of Words and Deeds; Conclusion; Chapter 5. The Offensiveness of Words: Sex and Semantics; Purpose of the Chapter; Offensiveness versus Offendedness |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809827903321 |
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Jay Timothy
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| Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1992 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Damn! : a cultural history of swearing in modern America / / Rob Chirico ; foreword by Keith Allan
| Damn! : a cultural history of swearing in modern America / / Rob Chirico ; foreword by Keith Allan |
| Autore | Chirico Rob |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, North Carolina : , : Pitchstone Publishing, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 p.) |
| Disciplina | 394 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - United States - Obscene words - History
English language - United States - Obscene words English language - United States - Swear words - History English language - United States - Swear words Swearing - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-939578-20-5
1-939578-76-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Keith Allan; Introduction: Frankly, My Dear, I Do Give a Damn!; 1. What's in a Dirty Word?; 2. What's Sex Got to Do with It?; 3. You're in the Fucking Army Now!; 4. Swearing, a Game Anyone Can Play; 5. All the News That's Fit to Print; 6. You've Got to Be Carefully Taught; 7. You Have the Words, My Dear, but I'm Afraid You'll Never Master the Tune; 8. Word on the Street; 9. Is Nothing Sacrilegious ... Yet?; Appendix: Bird is the Word; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463685203321 |
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Chirico Rob
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| Durham, North Carolina : , : Pitchstone Publishing, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Damn! : a cultural history of swearing in modern America / / Rob Chirico ; foreword by Keith Allan
| Damn! : a cultural history of swearing in modern America / / Rob Chirico ; foreword by Keith Allan |
| Autore | Chirico Rob |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, North Carolina : , : Pitchstone Publishing, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 p.) |
| Disciplina | 394 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - United States - Obscene words - History
English language - United States - Obscene words English language - United States - Swear words - History English language - United States - Swear words Swearing - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-939578-20-5
1-939578-76-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Keith Allan; Introduction: Frankly, My Dear, I Do Give a Damn!; 1. What's in a Dirty Word?; 2. What's Sex Got to Do with It?; 3. You're in the Fucking Army Now!; 4. Swearing, a Game Anyone Can Play; 5. All the News That's Fit to Print; 6. You've Got to Be Carefully Taught; 7. You Have the Words, My Dear, but I'm Afraid You'll Never Master the Tune; 8. Word on the Street; 9. Is Nothing Sacrilegious ... Yet?; Appendix: Bird is the Word; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787943503321 |
|
Chirico Rob
|
||
| Durham, North Carolina : , : Pitchstone Publishing, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Damn! : a cultural history of swearing in modern America / / Rob Chirico ; foreword by Keith Allan
| Damn! : a cultural history of swearing in modern America / / Rob Chirico ; foreword by Keith Allan |
| Autore | Chirico Rob |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, North Carolina : , : Pitchstone Publishing, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 p.) |
| Disciplina | 394 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - United States - Obscene words - History
English language - United States - Obscene words English language - United States - Swear words - History English language - United States - Swear words Swearing - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-939578-20-5
1-939578-76-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Keith Allan; Introduction: Frankly, My Dear, I Do Give a Damn!; 1. What's in a Dirty Word?; 2. What's Sex Got to Do with It?; 3. You're in the Fucking Army Now!; 4. Swearing, a Game Anyone Can Play; 5. All the News That's Fit to Print; 6. You've Got to Be Carefully Taught; 7. You Have the Words, My Dear, but I'm Afraid You'll Never Master the Tune; 8. Word on the Street; 9. Is Nothing Sacrilegious ... Yet?; Appendix: Bird is the Word; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810306903321 |
|
Chirico Rob
|
||
| Durham, North Carolina : , : Pitchstone Publishing, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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