Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang: H-o - Rilegato

Random House

 
9780679434641: Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang: H-o
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ISBN 10: 067943464X ISBN 13: 9780679434641
Casa editrice: Random House Reference &, 1997

Sinossi

The second volume in a monumental, scholarly, but entertaining reference work on American slang, both current and obsolete, includes extensive dated citations to illustrate each word's use and information on the origins of each. 15,000 first printing.

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Recensione

"A landmark publication, at one stroke sweeping its predecessors into the shade . . . It is one of those rare books that prompts the realization that you have never seen the subject in such sharp focus before."
--John A. Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary

"A monumental book."
--The New York Times

"Will do for nonstandard English what the Oxford English Dictionary did for the whole language".
--William Safire

"No one has ever created a scholarly work that is more fun."
--Newsweek

"The funniest . . . work of profound lexicographical slang-scholarship ever published . . . The book belongs on every patriotice coffee table."
--Nicholson Baker, The New Review of Books

"A browser's joy . . . an awesome tribute to the American popular imagination."
--Boston Globe

Product Description

Book by Lighter Jonathan E

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Editore
Random House Reference &
Data di pubblicazione
1997
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
067943464X
ISBN 13 
9780679434641
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
736
Redattore
Lighter Jonathan E., Ball J., O'Connor J., Sheidlower Jesse
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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