Global English Slang (eBook, ePUB)

Methodologies and Perspectives
Redaktion: Coleman, Julie

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a series of snapshots of current English slang usage around the world, both in countries where English is a first or second language and in multi-lingual contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317934752
• Artikelnr.: 40344799

Autorenporträt

Julie Coleman is Head of the School of English at the University of Leicester, UK and Chair of the International Society for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology. She has published four volumes on the history of cant and slang dictionaries in addition to The Life of Slang (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Understanding Slang in a Global Context
Julie Coleman Part I: Contemporary Slang in the United States and England 1. Hip Hop Slang
Tom Dalzell 2. Inner-City Slang of New York
Madeline Kripke 3. American College Student Slang: University of North Carolina (2005-2012)
Connie Eble 4. Slang Used by Students at the University of Leicester (2004-2011)
Julie Coleman 5. Multi-Cultural London English: The New 'Youthspeak'
Jonathon Green 6. The New Canting Crew
Tony Thorne Part II: Slang in Other English-speaking Countries 7. Australian Slang
Bruce Moore 8. Slang in Godzone (Aotearoa-New Zealand)
Dianne Bardsley 9. Scottish Slang
Maggie Scott 10. Jamaican Slang
Joseph T. Farquharson and Byron Jones 11. Indian English Slang
James Lambert Part III: English Influence on tche Slang of Other Languages 12. English Influence on Norwegian Teenage Slang
Ingrid Kristine Hasund and Eli-Marie Drange 13. The Influence of English Slang on Italian
Elisa Mattiello 14. Some Trends in Japanese Slang
James Stanlaw Part IV: Slang and the Internet 15. Slang in New Media: A Case Study
Michael Adams 16. Urban Dictionary and the Documentation of Contemporary Slang
Aaron Peckham and Julie Coleman 17. Gestural Slang
Terry Victor 18. Global English Slang in the Era of Big Data
Julie Coleman