The stuff of thought: language as a window into human nature
New York, 2007
Abstract
Innate ideas about space, time and causality are woven into our language, so a close look at our speech can give us insight into who we are.
Quotes from this work
This chapter is about the puzzle of swearing—the strange shock and appeal of words like fuck, screw, and come; shit, piss, and fart; cunt, pussy, tits, prick, cock, dick, and asshole; bitch, slut, and whore; bastard, wanker, cocksucker, and motherfucker; hell, damn, and Jesus Christ; faggot, queer, and dyke; and spick, dago, kike, wog, mick, gook, kaffir, and nigger.
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