Conversation [ Communication / Education / Social interaction / Language & Speech ]
… > Education Concepts > Social interaction Concepts > Language & Speech Mots-clés Children Controversy Gentleman Masculinity Politeness Science Women ‘Conversation’, as developed in seventeenth-century France, was considered the … conversation was characterised by plain speaking and sincerity. Such critiques occasioned debates about language, masculinity and identity and fuelled the cultural rivalry between the two nations. 14 13 . André Morellet, 'De la … fluency that had been the hallmark of the polite gentleman and was now a signifier of the English gentleman‘s masculinity and mental strength, indicating a profound shift in the definition of the gentleman and the national …
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