Tony Thorne — новинки

This is the story of Elisabeth Bathory, a 17th-century Transylvanian countess. She was tried as a vampire and became an inspiration for depraved murderers up to the present day.;Based on research conducted at archives in Eastern Europe, this account includes both the recorded truth and the legend that has grown up around her. Tony Thorne is the author of the "Bloomsbury Dictionary of Slang."

Englishness is an ancient and powerful concept, but no one seems sure exactly what it means in the twenty-first century. In exploring our national identity, Tony Thorne has compiled a fascinating compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have become the cornerstones of modern English, and have been used - sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently - to stake out our common ground, to define what makes us essentially English, and thus different from those beastly foreigners who lurk just off our shores.

In this new edition, language and culture expert Tony Thorne explores the teeming and ever-changing underworld of the English language, bringing back intriguing examples of irreverence, eccentricity and anonymous wit from the linguistic front-line.
Fully revised and expanded, the "Dictionary of Contemporary Slang" describes racy and unorthodox words and phrases from the 1950s to the present day. Packed with lively examples, this up-to-the-minute reference work paints a vivid picture of our cultural and social preoccupations. Based on years of research among slang users and connoisseurs, as well as all manner of written sources, the book includes more than 15.000 definitions and 6.000 expressions. Favourite slang topics such as drugs, sport, sex and bodily functions are covered, plus a vast array of obscure and surprising terms.
The "Dictionary of Contemporary Slang" is the definitive and indispensable guide to the use of slang today.

Формат: 13 см x 19,5 см.

With more than 7,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions. In this convenient paperback edition of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, language and culture expert Tony Thorne explores the ever-changing underworld of the English language, bringing back intriguing examples of eccentricity and irreverence from the linguistic front-line. "Thorne is a kind of slang detective, going down the streets where other lexicographers fear to tread." Daily Telegraph.