In:Why We Curse: A neuro-psycho-social theory of speech
Timothy Jay
[Not in series 91] 2000
► pp. vii–xv
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Published online: 15 December 1999
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.91.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.91.toc
Table of contents
I. Introduction to the Study of Cursing
1. Tourette Syndrome and Coprolalia: The Need for a Theory3
2. Psycholinguistics and Cursing9
3. The Neuro-Psycho-Social (NPS) Theory of Cursing19
4. Postulates of the NPS Theory25
II. Neurological Factors Underlying Cursing
5. Propositional Speech, Nonpropositional Speech, and the Right Cerebral Hemisphere33
6. Emotional Speech and the Emotional Brain45
7. Anger and Verbal Aggression55
8. Coprolalia and Mental Disorders63
9. Neurological Control of Cursing73
III. Psychological Factors Underlying Cursing
10. Psychological Aspects of Cursing81
11. Language, Acquisition and Cognitive Growth91
12. Memory and Awareness of Cursing99
13. Personality, Religiosity, and Sexual Anxiety107
14. Speech Habits and Social Learning115
15. The Sexual Lexicon123
16. Syntax and Sematics135
IV. Social and Cultural Factors Underlying Cursing
17. Pragmatics and Cultural Contexts147
18. Speaker Power157
19. Gender Identity165
20. Slang173
21. Humor Elicitation181
22. Religion, Taboo Speech, and Word Magic189
23. Scatology and the Language of Disgust199
24. Customary Restrictions: From Etiquette to Law205
25. Evolving Language Standards215
26. Tourette Syndrome: Cross-Cultural Comparisons235
V. Why Do We Swear? Why Do We Choose the Words We Do?
27. Social and Legal Issues Involving Cursing247
28. Ignorance, Misinformation, and Fallacies about Cursing254
29. Future of Cursing Research269
Bibliography277
Index319
