A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume III: 1859-1936
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This book continues Julie Coleman's acclaimed history of dictionaries of English slang and cant. It describes the increasingly systematic and scholarly way in which such terms were recorded and classified in the UK, the USA, Australia, and elsewhere, and the huge growth in the publication of
and public appetite for dictionaries, glossaries, and guides to the distinctive vocabularies of different social groups, classes, districts, regions, and nations...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199549370
ISBN13:9780199549375
Release Date:December 2008
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:352 Pages
Weight:2.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"
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