TY - JOUR
T1 - Expletives
T2 - Neurolinguistic and neurobehavioral perspectives on swearing
AU - Van Lancker, D.
AU - Cummings, J. L.
N1 - Funding Information:
We appreciate the help of Dr. Alexander Smirnof and Dr. Costintino Iadacola in translating articles from Russian and Italian. Cathleen Bannister-Marx assisted in library research and translation of Spanish articles. Videotaped recording of a hemispherectomized patient was provided by Dr. J.E. Bogen. Dr. Van Lancker is supported in part by a grant from the Pew-McDonnell Foundation. Dr. Cummings is supported by an NIA Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Grant, an Alzheimer's Disease Research Center of California Grant, and the Sidall-Kagan Foundation.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Severe aphasia, adult left hemispherectomy, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS), and other neurological disorders have in common an increased use of swearwords. There are shared linguistic features in common across these language behaviors, as well as important differences. We explore the nature of swearing in normal human communication, and then compare the clinical presentations of selectively preserved, impaired and augmented swearing. These neurolinguistic observations, considered along with related neuroanatomical and neurochemical information, provide the basis for considering the neurobiological foundation of various types of swearing behaviors.
AB - Severe aphasia, adult left hemispherectomy, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS), and other neurological disorders have in common an increased use of swearwords. There are shared linguistic features in common across these language behaviors, as well as important differences. We explore the nature of swearing in normal human communication, and then compare the clinical presentations of selectively preserved, impaired and augmented swearing. These neurolinguistic observations, considered along with related neuroanatomical and neurochemical information, provide the basis for considering the neurobiological foundation of various types of swearing behaviors.
KW - Aphasia
KW - Basal ganglia
KW - Coprolalia
KW - Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome
KW - Limbic system
KW - Neural basis of behavior cursing
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U2 - 10.1016/S0165-0173(99)00060-0
DO - 10.1016/S0165-0173(99)00060-0
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10611497
AN - SCOPUS:0033429684
SN - 0165-0173
VL - 31
SP - 83
EP - 104
JO - Brain Research Reviews
JF - Brain Research Reviews
IS - 1
ER -