Cassell Dictionary Of Slang - Rilegato

Green, Jonathon

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0304344354 ISBN 13: 9780304344352

Casa editrice: Orion, 1998

Riassunto

Over 10,000 copies sold in hardback

Over 1.5 million words of text and 75,000 entries, covering slang from every part of the English-speaking world from the sixteenth century to the present day

Each entry records the date when a slang word appeared, whether it is still in use, and in what countries it is used

Detailed etymologies throughout, showing how slang usages evolved and how they relate to one another

Coverage of every area of slang: drugs words, criminal terms, swear words, humorous expressions, sex etc.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

The dictionary of the decade: the first comprehensive new survey of English slang to have appeared in over 60 years.

L'autore:

Jonathon Green is a writer and broadcaster with a particular interest in colloquial English and slang. His many credits include the Pan Dictionary of Modern Slang and Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries They Made. He lives in north London (N7).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Orion
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0304344354
• ISBN 13: 9780304344352
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 1326