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Whether Goethe actually cried "More light!" on his deathbed, or whether Conrad Hilton checked out of this world after uttering "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub," last words, regardless of authenticity, have long captured the imagination of Western society. In this playfully serious investigation based on factual accounts, anecdotes, literary works, and films, Karl Guthke explores the cultural importance of those words spoken at the border between this world and the next. The exit lines of both famous and ordinary people embody for us a sense of drama and truthfulness and reveal much about our thoughts on living and dying. Why this interest in last words? Presenting statements from such figures as Socrates, Nathan Hale, Marie Antoinette, and Oscar Wilde ("I am dying as I have lived, beyond my means"), Guthke examines our fascination in terms of our need for closure, our desire for immortality, and our attraction to the mystique of death scenes. The author considers both authentic and invented final statements as he looks at the formation of symbols and legends and their function in our culture. Last words, handed down from generation to generation like cultural heirlooms, have a good chance of surviving in our collective memory. They are shown to epitomize a life, convey a sense of irony, or play to an audience, as in the case of the assassinated Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, who is said to have died imploring journalists: "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something. "Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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This is the first serious and extensive examination of American cursing from a psycholinguistic-contextual point of view. Several field studies and numerous laboratory-based experiments focus on the relationship between cursing and language acquisitions, anger expresssion, gender stereotypes, semantics, and offensiveness. Censorship, language content of motion pictures, First-Amendment fighting words, sexual harassment, obscene phone calls, and cursing at public schools are analyzed and related to sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic data. Many tables of word-by-word data provide empirical evi

English language --- Blessing and cursing --- Words, Obscene --- Americanisms. --- Germanic languages --- Obscenities (Words) --- Obscenity (Aesthetics) --- Word (Linguistics) --- Slang --- Cursing and blessing --- Execration --- Imprecation --- Malediction --- Incantations --- Obscene words --- Psychological aspects --- Obscene words. --- Americanisms --- Provincialisms --- Dialects --- Américanismes --- Bénédiction et malédiction --- Anglais (Langue) --- Mots obscènes --- Aspect psychologique --- Psycholinguistique --- Langue anglaise --- Juron --- Sociolinguistique --- English language - Obscene words - Psychological aspects - United States --- Blessing and cursing - Psychological aspects - United States --- Words, Obscene - Psychological aspects - United States --- English language - United States - Obscene words --- États-Unis

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Lexicology. Semantics --- Dutch language --- Pragmatics --- Littérature néerlandaise --- Nederlandse letterkunde --- Néerlandais (Langue) --- Particles. --- Particules --- Function words. --- 803.93-56 --- 803.931 --- #A9306A --- -Dutch language --- -Flemish language --- Netherlandic language --- Germanic languages --- Nederlands: syntaxis; semantiek --- Particles --- Function words --- Nederlandse taal --- partikels --- -Nederlands: syntaxis; semantiek --- partikels. --- 803.93-56 Nederlands: syntaxis; semantiek --- pragmatics --- linguistics --- semantics --- Partikels. --- -803.93-56 Nederlands: syntaxis; semantiek --- Flemish language --- Néerlandais (Langue) --- Particles (Grammar) --- Dutch language - Particles. --- Dutch language - Function words. --- Nederlands --- Neerlandais (langue) --- Lexicologie

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Linguistique --- Taalkunde --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- -Grammar, Comparative and general --- -Comparative grammar --- Grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Language and languages --- Philosophical grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Clauses --- Connectives --- Grammar, Comparative --- -Clauses --- Clauses. --- Connectives. --- Connectives (Linguistics) --- Sentence connectors --- Function words --- Syntax --- Sentences --- Grammaire

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Lexicology. Semantics --- Didactics of languages --- Language and languages --- Second language acquisition. --- Vocabulary --- Study and teaching. --- -Second language acquisition --- -English language --- Word books --- Words, Stock of --- Diction --- Lexicology --- Second language learning --- Language acquisition --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Study and teaching --- -Study and teaching --- -Second language learning --- English language --- Second language acquisition --- Foreign language study --- Language and education --- Language schools --- Language and languages Study and teaching --- Language and languages - Study and teaching. --- Vocabulary - Study and teaching.