Bad Language by Josh Dever, Herman Cappelen
Bad Language
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Josh Dever, Herman Cappelen

Bad Language

Josh Dever, Herman Cappelen

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy funny informative medium-paced

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When theorizing about language, we tend to assume that speakers are cooperative, honest, helpful, and so on. This, of course, isn't remotely true of a lot of real-world language use. Bad Language is the first textbook to explore non-idealized lang...

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