Dialect, slang and jargon

From abdabs to zit From pillock (14th century) to couch potato (20th century) From She'll be apples (Australia) to the pits (USA) This new collection brings together some 5,000 contemporary slang expressions originating in all parts of the English-speaking world.

An exploration of grammatical differences between British English dialects, drawing on authentic speech data collected in over thirty counties.

Based on analysis of more than 1,000 languages, this volume reconstructs more than 500 processes of grammatical change in the languages of the world.

While variation within individual languages has traditionally been focused upon in sociolinguistics, its relevance for grammatical theory has only recently been acknowledged.

This book, based on revised papers originally delivered at the VII International Systemic Functional Workshop in Valencia in 1995, explores some of the choices open to speakers and writers for the expression of meaning in different socio-cultural contexts.

Tradition, community, and pride are fundamental aspects of the history of Appalachia, and the language of the region is a living testament to its rich heritage.

This 2007 book explains the concept of style in speech and examines ways of studying accents and dialects.

Here is a wonderful Baedeker to down-and-dirty politics--more than six hundred slang terms straight from the smoke-filled rooms of American political speech.

Wia da Scheff in Adam gmåcht håt und da Kain sein Bruada darschlågt.

Examines the origins and development of New Zealand English on the basis of extensive audio-recordings.

As a comprehensive account of all aspects of dialectology this updated edition makes an ideal introduction to the subject.

With English and Portuguese as parent languages; the significant lexical retention of African languages; and the relative isolation of its speakers, Saramaccan has always stood out among Creole languages.

A comprehensive overview of all linguistic aspects of Mäori, the indigenous language of New Zealand.

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.

From abdabs to zit From pillock (14th century) to couch potato (20th century) From She'll be apples (Australia) to the pits (USA) This new collection brings together some 5,000 contemporary slang expressions originating in all parts of the English-speaking world.

Australia's English raises many questions among experts and the general public.

Variedades de la lengua espanola ofrece un panorama general de la variacion dialectal y sociolinguistica en el espacio hispanohablante, presentado por uno de los mas prestigiosos expertos en la materia.

Slang is often seen as a lesser form of language, one that is simply not as meaningful or important as its 'regular' counterpart.

The sound shape of words carries meaning for its users and also bears a range of social and interactional functions.

Da Noah mid sein Schwüü.

The first study into how children acquire Creoles as their first language in the absence of a conventional language model.

This collection in honor of creolist Charlene Junko Sato (1951-1996) brings together contributions by leading specialists in pidgin-creole studies in three primary areas: Pidgin-Creole Genesis and Development; Attitudes and Education, and Creole Discourse and Literature.

Este libro reune contribuciones de destacados investigadores de la linguistica hispanica para ofrecer un panorama integral de los castellanos del Peru, incluidos algunos que han sido tradicionalmente objeto de discriminacion, como el castellano andino, el amazonico y el afroperuano.

First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds.