Slang: A Very Short Introduction

Author:   Jonathon Green (Independent scholar)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198729532


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   25 February 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jonathon Green (Independent scholar)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 11.30cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 17.40cm
Weight:   0.114kg
ISBN:  

9780198729532


ISBN 10:   0198729537
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   25 February 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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a welcome edition of Oxford's Very Short Introductions, and anyone seeking an accessible tour d'horizon of this lively subject will find that Green's book is just the ticket. * Benjamin George Friedman, Times Literary Supplement *


a welcome edition of Oxford's Very Short Introductions, and anyone seeking an accessible tour d'horizon of this lively subject will find that Green's book is just the ticket. Benjamin George Friedman, Times Literary Supplement


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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.

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