The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English

Tom Dalzell (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

1110 Seiten

2008
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-37182-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A dictionary of modern American Slang. It includes 25,000 entries, which are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups.

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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English offers the ultimate record of modern American Slang.





The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer lively examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided.





This informative, entertaining and sometimes shocking dictionary is an unbeatable resource for all language aficionados out there.

Autor

Tom Dalzell is recognized as a leading expert on American slang. He is the author of Flappers to Rappers: American Youth Slang (Merriam-Webster, 1996) and The Slang of Sin (Merriam-Webster, 1998), both of which were alternate selections for the Book of the Month Club. He served as senior editor of The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Conventional English (Routledge, 2006). He lives in Berkeley, California, with his family.

Inhalt

List of contributors Preface Acknowledgments Entries A-Z Numeric Slang

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.9.2008
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 254 x 178 mm
• Gewicht: 2064 g
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-415-37182-1 / 0415371821
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-37182-7 / 9780415371827
• Zustand: Neuware