[PDF.07oz] A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries, Vol. 2: 1785-1858

A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries, Vol. 2: 1785-1858

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 | #5147223 in Books |  2009-04-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.10 x.80 x9.10l,1.05 | File type: PDF | 352 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| The Last Word|By Goybabe|This book is far, far more than an outline of the major cant and slang dictionaries. I own all the dictionaries outlined in this book, and have studied them at length, but I could never manage the in-depth etymology on display here. If you want to understand, really understand, all that we know or can know about the colorful cant and slang of this perio

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 Dictiona...

You easily download any file type for your device.A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries, Vol. 2: 1785-1858   |  Julie Coleman.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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