What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves

What the F

What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves

By
Benjamin K. Bergen
Benjamin K. Bergen
2016 • 271 pages

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