Dictionary of Cantonese Slang - Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life

Providing a description and analysis of Hong Kong vernacular Cantonese speech styles, notably the language of the Triad-dominated criminal underworld, of teenagers and of Hong Kong movies and comics, this reference text is arranged alphabetically in both Cantonese and English.

Summary

Providing a description and analysis of Hong Kong vernacular Cantonese speech styles, notably the language of the Triad-dominated criminal underworld, of teenagers and of Hong Kong movies and comics, this reference text is arranged alphabetically in both Cantonese and English.

Product details

• Authors: Kingsley Bolton, Christopher M. Hutton, Hutton Christopher M.
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781850654193
• ISBN: 978-1-85065-419-3
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Dictionaries, Dialect, slang & jargon, Bilingual and multilingual dictionaries, Dialect, slang and jargon, Cantonese, Bilingual & Multilingual Dictionaries