VSI Slang
(Produkt nebyl zatím hodnocen)
Vydavatel: | Oxford University Press |
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Publikováno: | 2016 |
Formát: | paperback 144 stran |
Anotace
Slang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is
used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of
noir fiction, teenagers, and rappers, but also found in the works
of Shakespeare and Dickens. It has been recorded since at least
1500 AD, and today's vocabulary, taken from every major
English-speaking country, runs to over 125,000 slang words and
phrases. This Very Short Introduction takes readers on a
wide-ranging tour of this fascinating sub-set of the English
language. It considers the meaning and origins of the word 'slang'
itself, the ideas that a make a word 'slang', the long-running
themes that run through slang, and the history of slang's many
dictionaries. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series
from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost
every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to
get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine
facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make
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Kategorie
Knihovnické kódy
- EAN: 9780198729532