Insufficiencies of Language
A memetic approach to language speaker conflicts
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Why is it that we talk so much? Why can't weinfluence the way we speak and why do we useswearwords even when we don't want to? These andother questions are the starting point of this book.So called bad language is dealt with, as ispoliteness, and possible reasons for our use ofcertain types of language like medical or legaljargon are investigated. From a biological point ofview these phenomena seem to be rather harmful to thespeaker sometimes, but once we adopt a memetic pointof view they seem to make perfect sense. So after abrief introduction into both evolutionary biology andmemetics, Edith...
Why is it that we talk so much? Why can't we
influence the way we speak and why do we use
swearwords even when we don't want to? These and
other questions are the starting point of this book.
So called bad language is dealt with, as is
politeness, and possible reasons for our use of
certain types of language like medical or legal
jargon are investigated. From a biological point of
view these phenomena seem to be rather harmful to the
speaker sometimes, but once we adopt a memetic point
of view they seem to make perfect sense. So after a
brief introduction into both evolutionary biology and
memetics, Edith Simmel explores certain peculiarities
of language and discusses possible explanations for
our speaking behaviours.
influence the way we speak and why do we use
swearwords even when we don't want to? These and
other questions are the starting point of this book.
So called bad language is dealt with, as is
politeness, and possible reasons for our use of
certain types of language like medical or legal
jargon are investigated. From a biological point of
view these phenomena seem to be rather harmful to the
speaker sometimes, but once we adopt a memetic point
of view they seem to make perfect sense. So after a
brief introduction into both evolutionary biology and
memetics, Edith Simmel explores certain peculiarities
of language and discusses possible explanations for
our speaking behaviours.
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