Daniels, Patsy J. <br/><br/>
The Power of the Word :  The Sacred and the Profane. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (252 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- PART II -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX. 
<br/><br/> This book brings together twelve authors who look at the concept of the "word" from several different perspectives, inspiring in the reader a sense of wonder - to think of the lowly word, which we toss away in yesterday’s newspaper, which we ignore on street signs, which we utter without giving a thought to the consequences of the power carried by the word. Moving from a psycholinguist explanation of the acquisition of language, the volume presents the function of the word in "bad" jokes, in. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781443879903 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Grammar, Comparative and general.<br/>Semantics.<br/>Sociolinguistics.<br/>Word (Linguistics) -- Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P325 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>412