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Roache's theory of swearing examines why swearwords (including non-slurs and non-religious swearwords) are so powerful. She proposes that swearwords have a unique linguistic role, coupled to a unique emotional role. According to Roache, swearing obtains its power because of speaker inferences: when
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Roache is also noted for a blogpost where she said she unfriended people who voted for the
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someone swears, she knows her audience will find it offensive, and the swearer knows the audience knows she knows that the audience will find it offensive, and so on, a process termed
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as dissertation advisers. After completing her PhD, she worked in various projects at the
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while rewarding those in society who are least in need of rewardâ was "as objectionable as expressing racist, sexist, or homophobic views".
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