THE BONJOUR EFFECT. Copyright © 2016 by Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Names: Barlow, Julie, 1968– author. | Nadeau, Jean-Benoit, author.

Title: The Bonjour effect: the secret codes of French conversation revealed / Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau.

Description: First edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, [2016]

Identifiers: LCCN 2015042739 | ISBN 9781250051851 (hardback) | ISBN 9781250102447 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: National characteristics, French. | France—Social life and customs. | French language—Social aspects. | Oral communication—France. | Language and culture—France. | BISAC: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES | Translating & Interpreting. | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. | TRAVEL / Europe / France.

Classification: LCC DC34 .B275 2016 | DDC 944—dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015042739

e-ISBN 9781250102447

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First Edition: April 2016