Slang is one of its most volatile components. This is especially true in our own century, when the cinema, newspapers and television have made language more accessible, and carried it from continent to continent more quickly than ever before. Language is alive and always changing, and slang, one of its most volatile elements, is a very elusive part of human communication. It may drop out of use gradually or quickly, or it may become accepted into standard English. The book will provide an invaluable and colourful insight into contemporary English for students or general readers.
We all know language changes rapidly, but to follow along requires an historical view. Chapman's Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition, provides just what is needed to trace the language of today back to its American roots. And make no mistake––this is a dictionary that is purely American, the place where you can trace the development of the American language, in it's highly informal format known as "slang." PDF-version added Thanks to arcadius
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The Oxford Dictionary of Slang
he 10,000 slang terms defined here originated mainly in the United States, Britain, Australia, or New Zealand and include both old and new coinages. The dictionary's arrangement is topical in thesaurus fashion, e.g., informal synonyms for police officersA"bull," "cozzpot," "dick," "fuzz," "peeler," "pig," and "walloper"Aare conveniently grouped under "The Police" in a large category called "People and Society."
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A Little Book of LanguageStarred Review. In the mode of Yale's successful publication of E.H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, one of the world's leading linguists introduces us to our most critical mode of communication. Crystal (The Story of English) fills this exhilarating romp through the mysteries and vagaries of language, from how infants acquire language to how many words the average adult knows (40,000) and slang (Linguists love collecting slang. It's a bit like collecting stamps).
The Dictionary of Cockney Rhyming Slang contains a lot of slang words used in the slang cockney accent, but it is rhyming slang.
Cockney is a dialect spoken in the Eastend district in London and the rhyming slang replaces the common word with a phrase of two or three words that rhymes with the original word. Find a great deal of strange phrases that form the heart of the cockney accent.
