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Genere/formato: | Slovarji |
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Tipo documento | Libro |
Tutti gli autori / Collaboratori: |
Eric Partridge; Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor |
ISBN: | 0415212588 0415259371 041525938X 9780415212588 9780415259378 9780415259385 |
Numero OCLC: | 439643432 |
Descrizione: | 2 zv. (XVII, 2189 str.) ; 26 cm |
Contenuti: | Vol. 1: A-I -- Vol. 2: J-Z. |
Altri titoli: | Slang |
Responsabilità: | Tom Dalzell (senior editor) and Terry Victor (editor). |
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'A veritable Madame Tussaud's of the vulgar language. It is a really epoch-making, monumental piece of work, carried out with astonishing industry and learning.' - New Statesman'Most slang dictionaries are no better than momgrams or a rub of the brush, put together by shmegegges looking to make some moola. [The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English] is the wee babes. At more than 2,000 pages it's mondo and pretty authoritative, including entries not only from the United Kingdom and America but also from Australia, New Zealand, India and the Caribbean. Who's the daddy?!' - Guardian'One of the many benefits of owning the two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, is that you can dip in just about anywhere and enjoy the exuberant, endless display of human inventiveness with language.' - BOOKFORUM Per saperne di più…