Everyday language & everyday life
by Richard Hoggart
"Hoggart identifies the sayings and special nuances of the English working-class people that have made them identifiable as such, from the rude and obscene to the intellectual and imaginative. Hoggart also examines the areas of tolerance, local morality, and public morality, elaborating on current usage of words that have evolved from the fourteen through the eighteenth centuries. He touches on religion, superstition, and time, the beliefs that animate language.
And finally, he focuses on aphorisms and social change and the emerging idioms of relativism, concluding that many early adages still in use seem to refuse to die." "With inimitable verve and humor, Hoggart offers adages, apothegms, epigrams and the like in this colorful examination drawn from the national pool and the common culture. This volume will interest scholars and general readers interested in culture studies, communications, and education."--BOOK JACKET.
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Aphorisms and apothegms, English Proverbs, English language, Figures of speech, History and criticism, Idioms, Language, Maxims, Proverbs, English, Social aspects, Social aspects of English language, Social life and customs, Speech and social status, Spoken English, Usage, Variation, Working class, English language, spoken english, English language, social aspectsPlaces
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