Smart as hell and funny as fuck, this book explains why we can’t stop swearing and what it tells us about our language and brains.Everyone swears. Only the rare individual can avoid ever letting slip
Whether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning—a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal c
"A sneaky--charming, consistently engrossing--introduction to linguistics." --New York Times Book Review Everyone swears. Only the rare individual can avoid ever letting slip an expletive. And yet, we
Cognitive linguistics is a relatively new field, studying language as a product of culture and thought processes rather than simple etymology. These articles are an introduction to various aspects of
