
The Dictionary of the Asian Language
Todd Crowell(Author)
Blacksmith Books (Publisher)
Published on 14. December 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-988-16139-8-1 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-988-16139-8-1 (9789881613981)
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Person
Todd Crowell is an American journalist. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.