... use of specialized types of language in fostering unity is also evidenced in the stereotyped forms of vocabulary employed in the playing of certain games. Tennis scores use the sequence "love, 15, 30, 40, and game-; cricketers verbally appeal to the umpire when a batsman may be out by calling "How's that?- and the ways of being out are designated by stereotypes ... . Again, the part played in emotional contact and in the expression of feelings by facial expressions and tone of voice, quite independently of the words used, has been shown in tests in which subjects have been asked to react...

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