Lexical innovation : a study of slang, colloquialisms, and casual speech /

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In addition to borrowing from various foreign sources, the main origins of slang terms are the activation and revitalization of existing morphological and lexical material. Metaphorical manipulation of lexical items, as the main device used for the production of slangisms, shows remarkable similarit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sornig, Karl
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Benjamins, 1981.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; II:5.
Subjects:
Slang.
Colloquial language.
Argot.
Langue familière.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Colloquial language
Slang
Slang (taal)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • LEXICAL INNOVATION A Study of Slang, Colloquialisms and Casual Speech; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; 0. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION; 1. SUBSTANDARD LANGUAGE; 1.1 Borrowings : foreign sources; 1.2 Loans from other sociolects or dialects; 1.3 The fascination of antiquity; 1.3.1. Slang-Etymologies; 1.3.2. Eclipse of etymological memory; 1.3.3. Creative misunderstanding: folk-etymology; 1.4 Ascendance and decline; 1.5. Meaning reception and semantic shift; 1.6. The ephemerity of slangisms; 1.7. Neologisms; 2. STRUCTURES AND MANIPULATIONS.

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