The Dictionary of the Asian Language
by
Todd Crowell
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
9881613981
ISBN-13
9789881613981
Publisher
Blacksmith Books
Imprint
Blacksmith Books
Country of Manufacture
HK
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 14th, 2017
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
370 grams
Dimensions
14.00 x 21.50 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Dictionaries
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Plenty of vogue words from the booming nations of Asia are entering the English language. The Chinese have a name shengnu, literally leftover for the new phenomenon of unmarried women over thirty. Can you tell your jeepney from your jilbab, guanxi from godown, 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.
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 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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