TY  - BOOK
AU  - Daniels,Patsy J.
TI  - The Power of the Word: the Sacred and the Profane
SN  - 9781443879903
AV  - P325 
U1  - 412 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Newcastle upon Tyne
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
KW  - Word (Linguistics)
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - Linguistics.x
KW  - Mot (Linguistique)
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Sociolinguistique
KW  - sociolinguistics
KW  - aat
KW  - Philosophy of language
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Literature & literary studies
KW  - Literary essays
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Etymology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- PART II -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX
N2  - This book brings together twelve authors who look at the concept of the ""word"" from several different perspectives, inspiring in the reader a sense of wonder - to think of the lowly word, which we toss away in yesterday's newspaper, which we ignore on street signs, which we utter without giving a thought to the consequences of the power carried by the word. Moving from a psycholinguist explanation of the acquisition of language, the volume presents the function of the word in ""bad"" jokes, in
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