Title:
Slang : a very short introduction / Jonathon Green.
Author:
Green, Jonathon, 1948- author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
©2016
Call Number:
PE3711 .G739 2016
Abstract:
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.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198729532
Series:
Very short introductions ; 465
Very short introductions ; 465.
Physical Description:
130 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cm.
Contents:
'Slang': the word -- 'Slang' as a linguistic register -- Is slang a language? -- The words of slang: themes and development -- The users of slang -- The components of slang -- Recording slang -- The lexicography of slang: slang's dictionaries -- The future of slang.
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