Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION xi
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxi
5. FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION xxiii
6. ABBREVIATIONS xxix
7. NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION OF YIDDISH WORDS xxxi
8. 1. INTRODUCTION 1
9. 2. SEMANTIC SUBTYPES OF PSYCHO-OSTENSIVE EXPRESSIONS 9
10. 3. BONO-RECOGNITION: THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS 11
11. 4. MALO-RECOGNITION: LAMENTATION AND SYMPATHY 17
12. 5. PETITIVE ATTITUDES 23
13. 6. BONO-PETITION 29
14. 7. MALO-FUGITION: DELIVER US FROM EVIL! 43
15. 8. PSYCHO-OSTENSIVES RELATING TO THE DEAD 65
16. 9. ALLO-MALO-PETITION: CURSES! 71
17. 10. SWEARING OATHS 89
18. 11. CONCLUSION AND COMMENCEMENT 97
19. 12. EPES AN ÉPILOG: THE RELEVANCE OF YIDDISH PSYCHO-OSTENSIVES TO RECENT AND FUTURE WORK IN LINGUISTICS AND OTHER FIELDS 107
20. NOTES 117
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY TO THE FIRST EDITION 149
22. ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY (SECOND EDITION) 155
23. CONTRAVERSIONS 161