Jim Davie

Slang across Societies (eBook, PDF)

Motivations and Construction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Slang across Societies is an introductory reference work and textbook which aims to acquaint readers with key themes in the study of youth, criminal and colloquial language practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351364645
• Artikelnr.: 54168122

Autorenporträt

Jim Davie pursued an academic career as a researcher and lecturer in Russian at the University of Portsmouth (1993-98) before moving on to work in the civil service. He has written Slang Across Societies as an independent researcher.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Figures Guide to Abbreviations Transliteration,
transcription systems and note on translation Introduction PART 1 Chapter
1: Linguistic data Chapter 2: Non-standard language Chapter 3: Youth and
criminal language practices PART II Chapter 4: Invention and borrowing
Chapter 5: Semantic change Chapter 6: The role of affixiation Chapter 7:
Compounding and reduplication Chapter 8: Phonetics and phonolgy Chapter 9:
Clipping and the use of acronyms and other abbreviations Chapter 10: Final
comments Index