An examination of the relationship between the use of language and consciousness. It analyzes cursing as a manifestation of negative thinking, feeling and attitude, and then argues that a happy and healthy consciousness is causally connected to positive speech, and vice versa.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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978-0-8191-8090-2 (9780819180902)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
A Model of the Mind; A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing; The Roots of Cursing; Categories of Cursing; Additional Types of Cursing; The Effects of Cursing; Cursing and Other Limitations; The Effects of Cursing on Society; What to do When the Cursing of Others Affects You; Is Cursing Ever Proper?; Praise It; From Positive Speaking to Silent Listening.
