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Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit Dr Robert Vanderplank

Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit By Dr Robert Vanderplank

Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit by Dr Robert Vanderplank


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An essential collection of the world's most colourful insults

Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit Summary

Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit: Untranslatable insults, put-downs and curses from around the world by Dr Robert Vanderplank

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...

About Dr Robert Vanderplank

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.

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GOR001330616
9780752226484
0752226487
Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit: Untranslatable insults, put-downs and curses from around the world by Dr Robert Vanderplank
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pan Macmillan
20070921
128
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