TY - BOOK AU - Elgin,Suzette Haden TI - The gentle art of verbal self-defense SN - 0880290307 PY - 1980/// CY - [New York, N.Y.] PB - Dorset Press KW - Verbal self-defense KW - Invective KW - Threat (Psychology) KW - Verbal behavior KW - Interpersonal relations N1 - First published in the U.S.A. by Prentice-Hall, 1980; "This edition published by Dorset Press, a division of Marboro Books Corp., by arrangement with Suzette Haden Elgin."; Includes bibliographical references and index ER -