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Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 1600 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780304366361 |
Download Cassell's Dictionary of Slang Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results
Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : Chambers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-07-01 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780550104403 |
Download Green's Dictionary of Slang (multi-volume set) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The three volumes of Green's Dictionary of Slang demonstrate the sheer scope of a lifetime of research by Jonathon Green, the leading slang lexicographer of our time. A remarkable collection of this often reviled but endlessly fascinating area of the English language, it covers slang from the past five centuries right up to the present day, from all the different English-speaking countries and regions. Totaling 10.3 million words and over 53,000 entries, the collection provides the definitions of 100,000 words and over 413,000 citations. Every word and phrase is authenticated by genuine and fully-referenced citations of its use, giving the work a level of authority and scholarship unmatched by any other publication in this field. Winner of the Dartmouth Medal RUSA/ALA Outstanding Reference Source 2011 Booklist Editors' Choice Library Journal Best Reference 2011
Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES |
ISBN | : 0199398143 |
Download The Vulgar Tongue Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"The Vulgar Tongue tells the full story of English language slang, from its origins in early British beggar books to its spread in American and Australian culture in the eighteenth century"--
Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : Larousse Kingfisher Chambers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780550105639 |
Download Chambers Slang Dictionary Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A scholarly reference to slang expressions from all parts of the English-speaking world includes coverage of twenty-first-century terms and lists explanations of word origins.
Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : Burns & Oates |
Total Pages | : 1316 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780304344352 |
Download The Cassell Dictionary of Slang Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Contains over 65,000 slang words, definitions, where and when the word originated, and more.
Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0198729537 |
Download Slang Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"In this Very Short Introduction Jonathon Green asks what words qualify as slang, and whether slang should be acknowledged as a language in its own right. Looking forward, he considers what the digital revolution means for the future of slang."--Cover flap.
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Download Green's Dictionary of Slang Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1445 |
Release | : 2013-10-02 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1317908171 |
Download Dictionary of Jargon (Routledge Revivals) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
First published in 1987, the Dictionary of Jargon expands on its predecessor Newspeak (Routledge Revivals, 2014) as an authoritative reference guide to specialist occupational slang, or jargon. Containing around 21, 000 entries, the dictionary encompasses a truly eclectic range of fields and includes extensive coverage of both British and U.S. jargon. Areas dealt with range from marketing to medicine, from advertising to artificial intelligence and from skiing to sociology. This is a fascinating resource for students of lexicography and professional lexicographers, as well as the general inquisitive reader.
Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : Larousse Kingfisher Chambers |
Total Pages | : 2204 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780550105844 |
Download Green's Dictionary of Slang: P-Z Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A collection of this often reviled but endlessly fascinating area of the English language, these volumes cover slang from the past five centuries right up to the present day, from all the different English-speaking countries and regions.
Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : Ntc Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780844208343 |
Download Slang Through the Ages Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Takes popular standard English terms and traces the development of their slang equivalents over the past 500 years