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Etiquette in Contemporary France
Author(s) -
Schwartz William Leonard
Publication year - 1939
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1939.tb02822.x
Subject(s) - etiquette , sociology , humanities , history , ethnology , linguistics , art , philosophy
Author's Summary— Notes on the less familiar differences between social usages in France and America, presented in the hope that they will clarify our understanding of la politesse française. One doesn't “speak like a native” until he knows how a native acts when he speaks in this year 1939.