[PDF.79jm] The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang

The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang

[PDF.ur79] The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang

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 | #1197760 in Books |  2014-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.40 x1.40 x9.30l,.0 | File type: PDF | 432 pages

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||0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| history of slang|By Terri Rogers|good addition to dictionary library|1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| The Vulgar Tongue|By J. Hamby|Green approaches slang in a way that is both well written and yet oddly lacks the flow of a narrative that defines slang in general. Instead it is a compilation of specifics that| ||"Green is an elegant, caustic, knowledgeable writer, always lucid, never patronising, always entertaining." --The Times (UK)||"A very interesting survey of the history of slang and the history of its collectors, taking in everything from the early li

Once the language of thieves and beggars, slang is an ever present part of today's culture for people across the strata. It allows us to connect to others, to express otherwise guarded thoughts, and to convey humor in the everyday. But how did slang escape its stigma as the language of the streets and integrate itself so seamlessly with "standard English?"

The Vulgar Tongue tells the full story of English language slang, from its origins in early British ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang   |  Jonathon Green. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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