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ISBN: 9780198729532
Series: A Very Short Introduction
Slang (Language Arts & Disciplines)
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ISBN
9780198729532 (10-digit ISBN: 0198729537)
- Key Features
- Series Description
- Table of Contents
- Approaches the words of slang thematically, considering their various users and settings
- Discusses the lexicography of slang and traces the 500 year history of slang dictionaries
- Considers the future of slang in light of the digital revolution
Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible.
Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library.
Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
1: 'Slang': the word
2: 'Slang' as a linguistic register
3: Is slang a language?
4: The words of slang: themes and development
5: The users of slang
6: The components of slang
7: Recording slang
8: The lexicography of slang: slang's dictionaries
9: The future of slang
Key Features
- Approaches the words of slang thematically, considering their various users and settings
- Discusses the lexicography of slang and traces the 500 year history of slang dictionaries
- Considers the future of slang in light of the digital revolution
Series Description
Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible.
Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library.
Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
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