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A history of cant and slang dictionaries. Volume 2, 1785-1858 /

The second volume of Julie Coleman's fascinating and entertaining history of the uses and the recording of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858 and explores its first manifestations in the USA and Australia. During this period glossaries of cant are thrown into the shade by...

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Main Author: Coleman, Julie.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
English language > Lexicography > History.
English language > Slang > Lexicography.
Cant > Great Britain > Lexicography.
Lexicography > Great Britain.
Anglais (Langue) > Lexicographie > Histoire.
Anglais (Langue) > Argot > Lexicographie.
Cant > Grande-Bretagne > Lexicographie.
Lexicographie > Grande-Bretagne.
REFERENCE.
Engels.
Woordenboeken.
Slang (taal)
Argot.
Bargoens.
Vaktaal.
Terminologie.
Electronic books.
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Related Items: Print version:: History of cant and slang dictionaries. Volume 2, 1785-1858.
Available on the Internet from American University in Bulgaria:

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Check holdings at Paniza Library, AUBG Call Number: PE1611 .C57eb vol. 2

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