A History Of Cant And Slang Dictionaries 1785 1858
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| Author | : Julie Coleman |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2004-12-09 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0199254702 |
The second volume of Julie Coleman's fascinating and entertaining history of the uses and the recording of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858 and explores its first manifestations in the USA and Australia.During this period glossaries of cant are thrown into the shade by dictionaries of slang, which now include the language of thieves and cover a broad spectrum of non-standard English. Cant represented a practical threat to life and property. Slang, the author reveals, was a threat to the moral core of society, insidiously seductive to a wide section of the public.Julie Coleman shows how Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue revolutionised lexicography of non-standard English. She explores the earliest Australian and American slang glossaries, whose authors included the thrice-transported James Hardy Vaux and George Matsell, New York City's first chief of police.
| Author | : Julie Coleman |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2008-11-20 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0191565253 |
The second volume of Julie Coleman's entertaining and revealing history of the recording and uses of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858, and explores their manifestations in the United States of America and Australia. During this period glossaries of cant were thrown into the shade by dictionaries of slang, which now covered a broad spectrum of non-standard English, including the language of thieves. Julie Coleman shows how Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue revolutionized the lexicography of the underworld. She explores the compilation and content of the earliest Australian and American slang glossaries, whose authors included the thrice-transported James Hardy Vaux and the legendary George Matsell, New York City's first chief of police, whose The Secret Language of Crime: The Rogue's Lexicon informed the script of Martin Scorcese's film Gangs of New York. Cant represented a tangible danger to life and property, but slang threatened to undermine good behaviour and social morality. Julie Coleman shows how and why they were at once repellent and seductive. Her fascinating account casts fresh light on language and life in some of the darker regions of Great Britain and the English-speaking world.
| Author | : Julie Coleman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Cant |
| ISBN | : 9780199254712 |
| Author | : Małgorzata Kowalczyk |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 347 |
| Release | : 2023-08-31 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1009346873 |
Based on a rich range of sources, this pioneering book provides a comprehensive description of informal borrowings in American English.
| Author | : Julie Coleman |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 255 |
| Release | : 2014-01-10 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1317934768 |
Global English Slang brings together nineteen key international experts and provides a timely and essential overview of English slang around the world today. The book illustrates the application of a range of different methodologies to the study of slang and demonstrates the interconnection between the different sub-fields of linguistics. A key argument throughout is that slang is a function played by specific words or phrases rather than a characteristic inherent in the words themselves- what is slang in one context is not slang in another. The volume also challenges received wisdom on the nature of slang: that it is short-lived and that slang is restricted to verbal language. With an introduction by editor Julie Coleman, the topics covered range from Inner City New York slang and Hip Hop Slang to UK student slang and slang in Scotland. Authors also explore slang in Jamaica, Australia, New Zealand, India and Hong Kong and the influence of English slang on Norwegian, Italian and Japanese. A final section looks at slang and new media including online slang usage, and the possibilities offered by the internet to document verbal and gestural slang. Global English Slang is an essential reference for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers working in the areas of lexicology, slang and World Englishes.
| Author | : Merja Kytö |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 369 |
| Release | : 2020-03-15 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027261431 |
The past few decades have witnessed an unprecedented surge of interest in the language of the Late Modern English period. Late Modern English: Novel Encounters covers a broad range of topics addressed by international experts in fields such as phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis, spelling and pragmatics; this makes the collection attractive to any scholar or student interested in the history of English. Each of the four thematic sections in the book represents a core area of Late Modern English studies. This division makes it easy for specialists to access the chapters that are of immediate relevance to their own work. An introductory chapter establishes connections between chapters within as well as between the four sections. The volume highlights recent advances in research methodology such as spelling normalization and other areas of corpus linguistics; several contributions also shed light on the interplay of internal and external factors in language change.
| Author | : Andreas H. Jucker |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 358 |
| Release | : 2013-12-15 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027270899 |
Uncovering the meaning of individual words or entire texts is a complex process that needs to take into consideration the multiple interactions of linguistic organization including orthography, morphology, syntax and, ultimately, pragmatics. The papers in this volume pay close attention to these interactions and assess both the details of the texts and entire texts within their relevant contexts. All the papers deal with data from the history of English, and they cover a wide range from Old English manuscripts to Early Modern English letters and medical texts to Late Modern English cant vocabulary.
| Author | : Julie Coleman |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 367 |
| Release | : 2012-03-08 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0199571996 |
This book traces the development of English slang from the earliest records to the latest tweet and explores why and how slang is used. Based on inside information from real live slang users as well as the best scholarly sources, this book is guaranteed to teach you some new words that you shouldn't use in polite company.
| Author | : Sarah Ogilvie |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 261 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1107021839 |
Demonstrates that the Oxford English Dictionary is an international product in both its content and its making.
| Author | : Marijke Mooijaart |
| Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 385 |
| Release | : 2021-02-03 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1527565688 |
Yesterday’s Words: Contemporary, Current and Future Lexicography reflects the main issues of scholarly discussion in the fields of historical lexicography and lexicology including the historiography of lexicography. The state-of-the-art volume offers a wide range of contributions in five chapters. After the editors’ introduction to Yesterday’s Words, the chapter Dictionaries and Dictionary-Makers of Former Ages concentrates on historical lexicography, including both the main lexicographical works in English and German and dictionaries of minority languages such as Frisian, Welsh, Irish and Scots. The Vocabulary of the Past discusses historical lexicological and etymological issues such as the results of early language contact in the West-Germanic area and in Jamaica in more recent times. Researchers involved in ongoing lexicographical projects, such as the first dictionary of Old Dutch, report on their practice and methodological approach in Current and Future Lexicography and Lexicology. Many dictionaries or dictionary research projects discussed in the volume have been or are being carried out in a digital environment. In the final chapter, Technology of Today for Yesterday’s Words, special attention is paid to projects in which computer techniques and the development of new applications have been essential. The volume is an essential text for lexicographers, historiographers and historical linguists.
