Julie Coleman

The Life of Slang

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Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the development of English slang from the earliest records to the latest tweet and explores why and how slang is used. Based on inside information from real live slang users as well as the best scholarly sources, this book is guaranteed to teach you some new words that you shouldn't use in polite company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 134mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780199679171
• ISBN-10: 0199679177
• Artikelnr.: 39727004

Autorenporträt

Julie Coleman was born in Coventry and attended Finham Park Comprehensive. She studied at Manchester University and King's College London, taught at Lund University in Sweden, and is now a Professor in the School of English at the University of Leicester. She has written several books about dictionaries.

Inhaltsangabe

1: What is Slang?
2: Spawning
3: Development
4: Survival and Metamorphosis
5: The Spread of Slang
6: Prigs, Culls, and Blosses: Cant and Flash Language
7: Jolly Good Show: British Slang to the Twentieth Century
8: Whangdoodles and Fixings: Early American Slang
9: Bludgers, Sooks and Moffies: English Slang around the World
10: Top Bananas and Bunny-boilers: The Media and Entertainment Age
11: Leet to Lols: The Digital Age
12: Endsville
Acknowledgements
Explanatory Notes