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Nine Nasty Words : English in the Gutter

John McWhorter · 2021

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"A linguist examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power (and why we love them so much)"--

Book details

Year
2021
Language
English
Publisher
Avery
Editions
4
Pages
288
ISBN
9780593188798

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