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what 1.7 billion words of online text shows about how the world swears

  • Written by Martin Schweinberger, Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, The University of Queensland

Our brains swear for good reasons: to vent, cope, boost our grit and feel closer to those around us. Swear words can act as social glue and play meaningful roles in how people communicate, connect and express themselves – both in person, and online.

In our new research published in Lingua, we analysed more than 1.7 billion words of online...

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