Cassell Dictionary Of Slang - Brossura

Green, Jonathon

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0304351679 ISBN 13: 9780304351671

Casa editrice: Orion, 2000

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. Now available in paperback.

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: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0304351679
• ISBN 13: 9780304351671
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 1326