Thursday, 23 May 2019 Friday, 24 May 2019 08.30 Coffee and registration 08.30 Coffee 09.00 Welcome address Kristy Beers Fägersten 09.00 An international investigation of the worldwide use and meaning of the f-word (project presentation) Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld & Elsa Kristiansen 09.15 The historical shift in the pragmatics of insults Erik Falk, Uppsala University 09.15 Professions associated with swearing -according to informants Robert Moncrief, Helsinki University 09.45 More than before? Swearing on the Danish debate forum Nationen in 2012 and 2017 Marianne Rathje, Southern Denmark University 09.45 Does swearing slow us down or speed us up? A comparison of descriptive and expressive adjectives in sentence processing Stanley Donahoo, University of Arizona 10.15 Dictionary of Norwegian cursing: Norsk banneordbok Ruth Vat