Uglier Than A Monkey's Armpit: The Best Curses, Put-downs and Invective from Around the World

Vanderplank, Dr Robert and Stephen Dodson

ISBN 10: 0752226487 / ISBN 13: 9780752226484

Edité par Allen & Unwin, 2007

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• Titre: Uglier Than A Monkey's Armpit: The Best Curses, Put-downs and Invective from Around the World
• Éditeur: Allen & Unwin
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0752226487
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780752226484
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: Includes dust jacket.

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Synopsis

Whether borne out of surprise, anger, passion or humour, curses and insults make up some of the most colourful and profound phrases in a language, offering insight into cultural mores and a greater understanding of the most fundamental social and personal taboos.

Organized by language for an overview of each culture's favoured profanities, this beautifully illustrated volume - put together by language experts from around the world - is an essential reference to the brilliantly inventive, funny, scorchingly insulting words you won't learn in a language class...

À propos de l?auteur

Dr Robert Vanderplank is the Director of the Oxford University Language Centre. He studied Modern Languages at the University of Kent and obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at Edinburgh University. His most recent published work was included in the English as a Global Language debate (in Teaching and learning English as a global language. Native and non-native perspectives, Gnutzmann, ed., Stauffenberg, 2000). He has also taught at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England and Helsinki University, Finland.