Everyday Language & Everyday Life

By Richard Hoggart

Book Overview

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0397515871
• ISBN13: 9780765801760
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"