Dialect, slang & jargon books

1314 books were found.

Dialects at School: Educating Linguistically Diverse Students

Dialects at School: Educating Linguistically Diverse...

Author: Jeffrey Reaser ,  Carolyn Temple Adger (Center for Applied Linguistics, USA)
ISBN: 9781138777446
Format: Hardback
$252.00

Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that...  Read More >>

Dialects at School: Educating Linguistically Diverse Students

Dialects at School: Educating Linguistically Diverse...

Author: Jeffrey Reaser ,  Carolyn Temple Adger (Center for Applied Linguistics, USA)
ISBN: 9781138777453
Format: Paperback
$75.99

Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that...  Read More >>

Pidgins and Creoles

Pidgins and Creoles

Author: Joseph Farquharson ,  Bettina Migge
ISBN: 9781138841871
Format: Mixed media product
$2205.00

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Talk Like a Californian: A Hella Fresh Guide to Golden State Speak

Talk Like a Californian: A Hella Fresh Guide to Golden...

Author: Helena Ventura
ISBN: 9781938849855
Format: Paperback
$22.99

A sick dictionary of legit Californian lingo: tech talk to surf speak, NorCal to SoCal, studio slang to foodie jargon....  Read More >>

A Swansea Love Song

A Swansea Love Song

Author: Stephen Knight
ISBN: 9781910367773
Format: Paperback
$12.94

Stephen Knight has published five collections of poems: Flowering Limbs(Bloodaxe, 1993), Dream City Cinema(Bloodaxe,...  Read More >>

Shorter Slang Dictionary

Shorter Slang Dictionary

Author: Paul Beale ,  Rosalind Fergusson
ISBN: 9781138164796
Format: Hardback
$200.00

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In a Manner of Speaking: The Story of Spoken English

In a Manner of Speaking: The Story of Spoken English...

Author: Charlie Haylock ,  Barrie Appleby
ISBN: 9781445663821
Format: Paperback
$43.96

Discover the many twists and turns through history that led to the language, accents and turns of phrase which make...  Read More >>

The Discursive Construal of Trust in the Dynamics of Knowledge Diffusion

The Discursive Construal of Trust in the Dynamics of...

Author: Rita Salvi ,  Judith Turnbull
ISBN: 9781443843157
Format: Hardback
$337.79

This volume stems from a workshop organised by the Corpus Linguistics and Language Variation in English Research...  Read More >>

London Jamaican: Language System in Interaction

London Jamaican: Language System in Interaction

Author: Mark Sebba
ISBN: 9781138167193
Format: Hardback
$273.00

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

A Dictionary of Abbreviations: With Especial Attention to War-Time Abbreviations

A Dictionary of Abbreviations: With Especial Attention...

Author: Eric Partridge
ISBN: 9781138912243
Format: Paperback
$98.99

First published in 1942, this dictionary was designed to help civilians and members of H.M. forces to make their...  Read More >>

Slang: To-Day and Yesterday

Slang: To-Day and Yesterday

Author: Eric Partridge
ISBN: 9781138912113
Format: Paperback
$98.99

First published in 1933, this book explores both contemporary and historical slang, focusing on the characteristics...  Read More >>

A Dictionary of the Underworld (Routledge Revivals): British and American

A Dictionary of the Underworld (Routledge Revivals):...

Author: Eric Partridge
ISBN: 9781138904477
Format: Paperback
$147.00

First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of...  Read More >>

Learn 101 Valencian Verbs In 1 Day: With LearnBots

Learn 101 Valencian Verbs In 1 Day: With LearnBots

Author: Rory Ryder ,  Andy Garnica
ISBN: 9781908869388
Format: Paperback
$31.02

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Learn 101 Jerriais Verbs in 1 Day: With LearnBots

Learn 101 Jerriais Verbs in 1 Day: With LearnBots

Author: Rory Ryder ,  Andy Garnica
ISBN: 9781908869395
Format: Paperback
$31.02

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The Phonology of a South Durham Dialect: Descriptive, Historical, and Comparative

The Phonology of a South Durham Dialect: Descriptive,...

Author: Harold Orton
ISBN: 9781138918139
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book, first published in 1933, examines the dialect of the people of Byers Green in County Durham. Orton explores...  Read More >>

Studies in the Phonology of Colloquial English

Studies in the Phonology of Colloquial English

Author: K. R. Lodge
ISBN: 9781138909687
Format: Paperback
$52.99

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Questions of Intonation

Questions of Intonation

Author: Gillian Brown ,  Karen Currie
ISBN: 9781138918214
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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A Structural Atlas of the English Dialects

A Structural Atlas of the English Dialects

Author: Peter Anderson (Peter has passed away as advised by wife Lynne probate email sent SF case 01976178 23.8.21 royalties transferred to Lynne Anderson 945339 sf case 01976178)
ISBN: 9781138890893
Format: Paperback
$77.99

First published in 1987, this atlas identifies structural patterns which exist in the sound systems of the dialects...  Read More >>

Cockney Past and Present: A Short History of the Dialect of London

Cockney Past and Present: A Short History of the Dialect...

Author: William Matthews
ISBN: 9781138915961
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Although Cockney can be considered to be one of the most important non-standard forms of English, there had been...  Read More >>

Word Maps: A Dialect Atlas of English

Word Maps: A Dialect Atlas of English

Author: Clive Upton ,  John Widdowson
ISBN: 9781138918238
Format: Paperback
$77.99

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Variation and Change in Aberdeen English: A Sociophonetic Study

Variation and Change in Aberdeen English: A Sociophonetic...

Author: Thorsten Brato
ISBN: 9783631680933
Format: Hardback
$143.74

This volume provides a sociophonetic study of the urban accent of Aberdeen. It shows how dialect contact has led...  Read More >>

Watching English Change: An Introduction to the Study of Linguistic Change in Standard Englishes in the 20th Century

Watching English Change: An Introduction to the Study...

Author: Laurie Bauer
ISBN: 9781138154445
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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Real English: The Grammar of English Dialects in the British Isles

Real English: The Grammar of English Dialects in the...

Author: James Milroy ,  Lesley Milroy
ISBN: 9781138150973
Format: Hardback
$242.00

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