A DICTIONARY OF CANTONESE SLANG by Kingsley Bolton, Christopher M. Hutton ( 9781850654193 )

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Title:

A DICTIONARY OF CANTONESE SLANG
LANGUAGE OF HONG KONG MOVIES, STREET GANGS AND CITY LIFE

By:

Kingsley Bolton, Christopher M. Hutton

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1850654190

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9781850654193

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Publisher:

C HURST & CO PUBLISHERS LTD

Pub. date:

1 January, 2005

Pages:

492

Description:

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.

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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

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