a thorough analysis of swearing

October 9, 2007 at 7:00 am · Filed under language

in general, i’d argue that the writing in The New Republic has steadily declined in the last couple of years. however, the following article is a pretty sweet analysis of swearing. it talks about the linguistic choices we make in swearing, the historical roots of swearing, and the cognitive process of interpreting swears. furthermore, the author swears a lot of fucking times in the article, which just tickles my fancy. enjoy.

http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20071008&s=pinker100807

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