Short cuts : a guide to oaths, ring tones, ransom notes, famous last words, and other forms of minimalist communication /
Our everyday lives are inevitably touched--and immeasurably enriched--by an extraordinary variety of miniature forms of verbal communication, from classified ads to street signs, and from yesterday's graffito to tomorrow's headline. Celebrating our long history of compact speech, Short Cut...
| Основни автори: | Humez, Alexander, (Author), Humez, Nicholas D., (Author), Flynn, Rob, (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=329450 |
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Short cuts. |
Съдържание:
- Preface: A Quick Tour of the Park; 1 In the Eye of the Beholder: What's Your Sign?; 2 In the Dictionary: The Lexicographers Have Spoken; 3 By the Great Crikes!: Oaths Both Sacred and Profane; 4 On or About Your Person: The Talk of the Territories of the Self; 5 On the Lam: The World of Word Crime; 6 In the News: All That's Fit to Print, and Then Some; 7 On the Phone: Your Call Is Important 2 Us; 8 In the Mail: From SVBE to SWAK; 9 In and Out of Trouble: Warnings, Excuses, and Remedial Work; 10 In the End: Last Words; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index.