- Maledictology
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Maledictology (from lat. maledicere) is a branch of psychology, that does research about cursing and blustering. It is influenced by US-American psychologist Timothy Jay (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts) and the philologist and researcher in swearwords Reinhold Aman (California). They assume that swearing and blustering is part of the human life. According to this, it can even act as a passive self-defense, as it prevents palpable argument.
Literature
- Jay, Timothy: Why We Curse. A Neuro-Psycho-Social Theory of Speech. John Benjamins Publishing, 2000, ISBN 1556197586
- Aman, Reinhold: Opus Maledictorum. A Book of Bad Words. Marlowe & Co, 1996, ISBN 1569248362
- Aman, Reinhold: Bayrisch-Österreichisches Schimpfwörterbuch. Allitera Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3865200958 [1]
- Aman, Reinhold: Maledicta: The International Journal of Verbal Aggression (1977--). [2]
External links
Categories:- Psycholinguistics
- Psychology stubs
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