Jonathon Green (Independent scholar)

Slang

A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

What words qualify as slang? Should slang be acknowledged as a language in itself? And what does the digital revolution mean for the future of slang? In this Very Short Introduction, Jonathon Green addresses these questions, considering the etymology, dating, and spelling of the words that have invaded and shaped the English language.

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Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: OUP Oxford / Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 111mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 116g
• ISBN-13: 9780198729532
• ISBN-10: 0198729537
• Artikelnr.: 43043353

Autorenporträt

Jonathon Green, is a lexicographer and author of Green's Dictionary of Slang, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, and Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries They Made.

Inhaltsangabe

1: 'Slang': the word
2: 'Slang' as a linguistic register
3: Is slang a language?
4: The words of slang: themes and development
5: The users of slang
6: The components of slang
7: Recording slang
8: The lexicography of slang: slang's dictionaries
9: The future of slang