Publisher's Synopsis
Examples taken from more than forty different languages demonstrate the ability of other languages to provide words for objects or thoughts that English lacks.
They Have a Word for It A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words and Phrases
1st Edition
Paperback (01 Jan 1988)
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Book information
| ISBN: | 9780874774641 |
| Publisher: | J.P. Tarcher |
| Imprint: | J.P. Tarcher |
| Pub date: | 01 Jan 1988 |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| DEWEY: | 413.1 |
| DEWEY edition: | 19 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 224 |
| Weight: | -1g |
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