Dialect, slang and jargon

A comprehensive linguistic analysis of Mexican American English, introducing a model of the language shift that results within immigrant groups.

Through a detailed examination of proverbs related to money, this book offers a comprehensive critique of the prevailing everyday ideologies and discourses on money and paves the way toward establishing a new set of proverbs more conducive to financial equality and human well-being.

First published in 1986, the purpose of this dictionary is to clarify the technology behind nuclear jargon.

In jüngerer Zeit ist ein zunehmendes linguistisches Interesse an Phänomenen der Rede- und Gedankenwiedergabe zu erkennen.

The maps presented in this volume, first published in 1987, are based on the material of the Survey of English Dialects which was collected from over 300 localities between 1948 and 1961.

Zwei altgriechische Dialekte sind nicht im Alphabet, sondern in einem der ägäischen Syllabare überliefert: Mykenisch und Kyprisch.

Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and various current trends, Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascinating, little discussed yet irrespressible part of our linguistic heritage.

Cekidot, gan!

Introducing a range of new methods and insights for analysing discourse-pragmatic variation and change, this volume aims to inform future studies in the field.

In most French linguistic studies, the object is so-called standard French, a rather woolly and reductive designation.

Is that really how people say that?

This collection features different perspectives on how digital tools are changing our understanding of language varieties, language contact, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and dialectology through the lens of different historical contexts.

Appalachian Englishes (AEs) possess an array of linguistic features that distinguish them from other American Englishes, yet the rich history of language in the United States has created a wealth of linguistic resources through factors such as immigration and contact, providing the environment for AEs to grow and adapt in ways that are also similar to other varieties of English.

This pioneering study highlights the importance in linguistic communication of discourse markers, a previously neglected area of research.

Australia is host to many languages - English, indigenous, migrant, and contact.

Irish English, while having been the focus of investigations on a variety of linguistic levels, reveals a dearth of research on the pragmatic level.

For When You Need Just the Right WordTravelling is fantastic - we don't deny it.

Routledge Language Workbooks provide absolute beginners with practical introductions to core areas of language study.

This collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by the editors, tackling a broad range of issues and representing some of the most authoritative work in English dialect grammar.

This innovative text is the first to map regional grammatical variation in written Standard American English.

Er ist wieder da, der Onkel Franz …… und muss auch schon wieder weg.

This volume is concerned with one of the few thorough-going Labovian studies carried out in Britain.

The book offers a comprehensive overview of forms of modern Irish within a general linguistic framework.

Slang Across Societies is an introductory reference work and textbook which aims to acquaint readers with key themes in the study of youth, criminal and colloquial language practices.

Historical linguistic theory and practice contains a great number of different 'layers' which have been accepted in the course of time and have acquired a permanency of their own.

The language of crime has a long and venerable history - in fact, the first collection of words specifically used by criminals, Hye-Way to the Spittel House, dates from as early as 1531.

Selected papers from the Society for Pidgin and Creole linguistics.

The media frenzy surrounding the 1996 resolution by the Oakland School Board brought public attention to the term "e;Ebonics"e;, however the idea remains a mystery to most.