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292 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195388244
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 November 2009
Description
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." This schoolyard rhyme projects an invulnerability to verbal insults that sounds good but rings false. Indeed, the need for such a verse belies its own claims. For most of us, fee...
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292 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195388244
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 November 2009
Description
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." This schoolyard rhyme projects an invulnerability to verbal insults that sounds good but rings false. Indeed, the need for such a verse belies its own claims. For most of us, fee...