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Title: |
The Dictionary of the Asian Language |
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| By (author): |
Todd Crowell |
| ISBN10-13: |
9881613981 : 9789881613981 |
| Illustrations: |
Includes 30 cartoons |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
216x140mm |
| Pages: |
296 |
| Weight: |
.372 Kg. |
| Published: |
Blacksmith Books (HK) - December 2017 |
| List Price: |
13.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 7 |
| Subjects: |
Dictionaries : Asia |
| Of course there is no single Asian language. But plenty of vogue words from this booming continent are entering English. Did you know there is a flower named after former North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il? The Chinese have a word shengnu, literally leftover for the new phenomenon of unmarried women over thirty. Can you tell your jeepney from your jilbab, or yakuza from the yellowshirts? These are just some of the hundreds of words that illuminate little corners of life and culture in a pan-Asian selection of keywords from the zeitgeist. |
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