ENGLISH

Watching the English: the hidden rules of English behaviour

By Fox , Kate

Book information

Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Year
2014
ISBN
9781857886160, 9781857885873, 9781857889918, 185788616X, 9781857889178, 1857889177
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
948 kB (971105 bytes)
Edition
Revised and updated
Pages
pages cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
English;England -- Social life and customs -- 21stManners and customs;National characteristics

Description

Introduction: Anthropology at home -- Conversation codes -- The weather -- Grooming-talk -- Humour rules -- Linguistic class codes -- Emerging talk-rules: -- The mobile phone -- Pub-talk -- Behaviour codes -- Home rules -- Rules of the road -- Work to rule -- Rules of play -- Dress codes -- Food rules -- Rules of sex -- Rites of passage -- Conclusion: defining Englishness. Introduction: Anthropology at home -- Conversation codes -- The weather -- Grooming-talk -- Humour rules -- Linguistic class codes -- Emerging talk-rules: -- The mobile phone -- Pub-talk -- Behaviour codes -- Home rules -- Rules of the road -- Work to rule -- Rules of play -- Dress codes -- Food rules -- Rules of sex -- Rites of passage -- Conclusion: defining Englishness.

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