Strange vernaculars : how eighteenth-century slang, cant, provincial languages, and nautical jargon became English /

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While eighteenth-century efforts to standardize the English language have long been studied--from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary to grammar and elocution books of the period--less well-known are the era's popular collections of odd slang, criminal argots, provincial dialects, and nautical jar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sorensen, Janet (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Temas:
English language > Etymology.
Native language.
Language maintenance.
Anglais (Langue) > Étymologie.
Langue maternelle.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Etymology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Reappraising cant: "caterpillars" and slaves
  • 2. Daniel Defoe's novel languages
  • 3. John Gay's overloaded languages
  • 4. The gendered slang of century's end
  • 5. Provincial languages out of place
  • 6. "I do not like London or anything that is in it": the provincial offensive
  • 7. Provincial languages and a vernacular out of time
  • 8. Our tars: making maritime language English.

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