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OverviewThe second volume of Julie Coleman's fascinating and entertaining history of the uses and the recording of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858 and explores its first manifestations in the USA and Australia. During this period glossaries of cant are thrown into the shade by dictionaries of slang, which now include the language of thieves and cover a broad spectrum of non-standard English. Cant represented a practical threat to life and property. Slang, the author reveals, was a threat to the moral core of society, insidiously seductive to a wide section of the public. Julie Coleman shows how Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue revolutionised lexicography of non-standard English. She explores the earliest Australian and American slang glossaries, whose authors included the thrice-transported James Hardy Vaux and George Matsell, New York City's first chief of police. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Julie Coleman (University of Leicester)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.668kg ISBN: 9780199254705ISBN 10: 0199254702 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 09 December 2004 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Francis Grose 2: Dictionaries Based on Grose's 3: Humphry Tristram Potter 4: James Hardy Vaux 5: Pierce Egan 6: John Bee 7: Minor British Cant and Slang Lists 8: Some American Cant and Slang Lists 9: College Dictionaries 10: ConclusionsReviewsA fascinating glimpse into a world in which a secret language was at once menacing and thrilling. A scholarly study, scrupulously researched and statistically informative; it is also entertaining to read. TLS A fascinating glimpse into a world in which a secret language was at once menacing and thrilling. TLS A scholarly study, scrupulously researched and statistically informative; it is also entertaining to read. TLS Author InformationJulie Coleman lectures on English Historical Linguistics and Medieval Literature at the University of Leicester. She has written widely on English lexicology and lexicography from the medieval period onwards, and is founder and current chair of the International Society for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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