The Life of Slang by Julie Coleman
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.
This book offers an entertaining and informative insight into the living and ever-developing creature that is slang in the English languageThe title is particularly fitting, given that the book provides a natural history of slang, i.e., how it is created, how it develops, how it adapts and survives, and how it spreads into wider use. * Forum for Modern Language Studies *
Enjoyable and succinct. Rarely, since Eric Partridge, has any scholar evinced such pleasure in the vulgar tongue... Coleman is a "top banana". * Robert McCrum, The Observer *
Completely fascinating ... immensely enjoyable ... Coleman's thinking lifts this book above the usual semi-disposable level of writing about rude words. * James McConnachie, The Sunday Times *
Coleman relishes slang in all its chewy, vigorous glory, and gives a sociological insight ... This book is the 'cat's whiskers' * The Independent on Sunday *
Enjoyable and succinct. Rarely, since Eric Partridge, has any scholar evinced such pleasure in the vulgar tongue... Coleman is a "top banana". * Robert McCrum, The Observer *
Completely fascinating ... immensely enjoyable ... Coleman's thinking lifts this book above the usual semi-disposable level of writing about rude words. * James McConnachie, The Sunday Times *
Coleman relishes slang in all its chewy, vigorous glory, and gives a sociological insight ... This book is the 'cat's whiskers' * The Independent on Sunday *
Julie Coleman was born in Coventry and attended Finham Park Comprehensive. She studied at Manchester University and King's College London, taught at Lund University in Sweden, and is now a Professor in the School of English at the University of Leicester. She has written several books about dictionaries.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199571994 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199571996 |
| Title | The Life of Slang |
| Author | Julie Coleman |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2012-03-08 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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