Everyday language and everyday life
Auteur :
Hoggart, Richard
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN :
9780765801760
Date de publication :
28 févr. 2003
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
532 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
For years Richard Hoggart has observed the oddity of a common speech habit: the fondness for employing ready-made sayings and phrasings whenever we open our mouths, a disinclination to form our own sentences "from scratch," unless that becomes inescapable