The Studies in Slang monographs are a forum for the detailed discussion of slang items, an activity of worth in itself and for the insight it can bring to broader issues in linguistics. We deal here in particular with the study of languages in their social context and the role of the individual in linguistic innovation.
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Höhe: 21 cm
Breite: 14.8 cm
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978-3-631-31383-1 (9783631313831)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
The Author: Gerald Cohen was born in New York City in 1941. He majored in Russian Civilization at Dartmouth College (1958-1962), received a Diploma in Slavonic Studies from Oxford University (1963) and then studied Slavic linguistics at Columbia University (Ph.D., 1971). He is presently Professor of Foreign Languages at the University of Missouri-Rolla, where his research interests have shifted primarily to etymology.
Contents: Student slang - Brainstorm - Graft - The Underworld - Patsy - Slick Willie - Kike - Slang Jerry - Pschutt 'a dandy' - Shyster - Hijack - Cant flash - Cockney sausage and mash 'cash' - Pugnaciously-covacovious-abscrotious-scrump - Sexual terms and metaphors in the blues - Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (song) - Article on scholar Allen Walker Read.
