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Watching the English: the hidden rules of English behaviour

By Fox , Kate

Book information

Publisher
Nicholas Brealey
Year
2014
ISBN
9781857886160, 185788616X, 9781857889178, 1857889177
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2547943 bytes)
Edition
Revised and updated
Pages
pages cm\866
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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