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Tales Of Hi And Bye Greeting And Parting Rituals Around The World
Tales Of Hi And Bye Greeting And Parting Rituals Around The World
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Binding: Hardcover
Description: We do it over and over again day after day and never seem to get enough of it. Albanians do it. Zulus do it. Movie stars and plumbers do it. All around the world people say hi and bye in innumerable languages and countless ways: they wave and bow and curtsey and shake hands and rub noses and fist - bump and mwah - mwah and perform a vast array of greeting and farewell rituals so common and natural that no - one stops to notice Tales of Hi and Bye provides a delightful witty and intriguing insight into the sometimes strange and often wonderful customs associated with an ordinary everyday event. For more information book extracts and cartoons visit www. talesofhiandbye. com
Title: Tales Of Hi And Bye Greeting And Parting Rituals Around The World
Author(s): Lundmark Torbjoern
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9780521117548
Pages: 262 Pages, 45 Line Drawings, Unspecified
Publication Date: 10/27/2009
Category: Sociolinguistics
Description: We do it over and over again day after day and never seem to get enough of it. Albanians do it. Zulus do it. Movie stars and plumbers do it. All around the world people say hi and bye in innumerable languages and countless ways: they wave and bow and curtsey and shake hands and rub noses and fist - bump and mwah - mwah and perform a vast array of greeting and farewell rituals so common and natural that no - one stops to notice Tales of Hi and Bye provides a delightful witty and intriguing insight into the sometimes strange and often wonderful customs associated with an ordinary everyday event. For more information book extracts and cartoons visit www. talesofhiandbye. com
Title: Tales Of Hi And Bye Greeting And Parting Rituals Around The World
Author(s): Lundmark Torbjoern
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9780521117548
Pages: 262 Pages, 45 Line Drawings, Unspecified
Publication Date: 10/27/2009
Category: Sociolinguistics
