New Yawk Tawk

A Dictionary of New York City Expressions

Autori

• Robert Hendrickson

Parametri

• 181 pagine
• 7 ore di lettura

• Dizionari
• Dizionari Linguistici e Libri di Testo
• Linguistica
• Manuali e guide
• USA

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Each regional volume contains thousands of entertaining expressions, anecdotes, pronunciations, idioms, and catchwords -- both historical and contemporary -- excerpted from novels, poetry, legends, and newspaper articles. An extensive introduction provides in-depth coverage of each area as well as its many different dialects.New York Tawk collects more than 1,200 entries that will take readers on a fun and informative "tour" of the self-proclaimed "Capital of the World".

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1998

(In brossura)