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Kids get grounded for swearing, and bad words are banned from television... but why is that the case if most adults swear anyway? Linguist and cognitive scientist Benjamin K. Bergen says that swearing can be funny, cathartic, and even useful! In this rated-PG episode, he explains how the science of swearing can help us understand how our brains process language, and what the worst words tell us about our culture. And the episode is squeaky clean: no swearing included!
Additional resources from Dr. Benjamin Bergen:
Kids get grounded for swearing, and bad words are banned from television... but why is that the case if most adults swear anyway? Linguist and cognitive scientist Benjamin K. Bergen says that swearing can be funny, cathartic, and even useful! In this rated-PG episode, he explains how the science of swearing can help us understand how our brains process language, and what the worst words tell us about our culture. And the episode is squeaky clean: no swearing included!
Additional resources from Dr. Benjamin Bergen:
Benjamin K. Bergen, UC San Diego Department of Cognitive Science"What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves""Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning"Other studies and resources discussed:
Swearing, Euphemisms, and Linguistic Relativity | PLOSEffect of Manipulated State Aggression on Pain Tolerance | SAGE JournalsCursing and gender in a corpus of MySpace pages | Semantic ScholarSwearing in English: Bad Language, Purity and Power from 1586 to the Present | Google BooksGender, expletive use, and context: Male and female expletive use in structured and unstructured conversation among New Zealand university students | ProQuestFollow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.
Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-science-of-swearing-and-what-it-says-about-our-values
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Listen to episode one hereKids get grounded for swearing, and bad words are banned from television... but why is that the case if most adults swear anyway? Linguist and cognitive scientist Benjamin K. Bergen says that swearing can be funny, cathartic, and even useful! In this rated-PG episode, he explains how the science of swearing can help us understand how our brains process language, and what the worst words tell us about our culture. And the episode is squeaky clean: no swearing included!
Additional resources from Dr. Benjamin Bergen:
Benjamin K. Bergen, UC San Diego Department of Cognitive Science"What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves""Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning"Other studies and resources discussed:
Swearing, Euphemisms, and Linguistic Relativity | PLOSEffect of Manipulated State Aggression on Pain Tolerance | SAGE JournalsCursing and gender in a corpus of MySpace pages | Semantic ScholarSwearing in English: Bad Language, Purity and Power from 1586 to the Present | Google BooksGender, expletive use, and context: Male and female expletive use in structured and unstructured conversation among New Zealand university students | ProQuestFollow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.
Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-science-of-swearing-and-what-it-says-about-our-values
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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