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Rik Smits

Art of Verbal Warfare

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Product details

  • ISBN 9781789145946
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 11 Jul 2022
  • Publisher: Reaktion Books
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
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Description
We use salty or artful language to win arguments, slander, cheat and bully, as well as to express feelings of joy or frustration and blow off steam. Rik Smits delves into the magic of oaths and profanity, art and advertising, probes the lure of fake-news and propaganda, and explores invective and off-colour jokes the world over. The Art of Verbal Warfare shows why conversation dies in crowded lifts, what drives you to curse at your laptop and what makes some political bigshots fall, but not others. This is, when all is said and done, the story of how we get through life without coming to physical blows.
About Rik Smits
Rik Smits is a linguist based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His books include The Puzzle of Left-handedness (Reaktion, 2011) and Dawn: the Origins of Language and the Modern Human Mind (2016).