The city in slang : New York life and popular speech /

Irving Lewis Allen provides an insightful history of the rise of New York as a metropolis and the accompanying slang that surrounded it. Anecdotal and at times analytical, this book is both a lexicon of slang and a history of recent casual language.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Allen, Irving L., 1931-2002
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Subjects:
English language > Spoken English > New York (State) > New York.
English language > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
English language > Dialects > New York (State) > New York.
English language > New York (State) > New York > Slang.
Americanisms > New York (State) > New York.
English language > New York (State) > New York.
City and town life > Terminology.
Anglais (Langue) > Anglais parlé > New York (État) > New York.
Anglais (Langue) > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York.
Anglais (Langue) > New York (État) > New York.
Vie urbaine > Terminologie.
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis > Idiotismes.
Anglais (Langue) > Dialectes > New York (État) > New York.
Anglais (Langue) > New York (État) > New York > Argot.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Manners and customs.
English language.
City and town life.
Americanisms.
English language > Dialects.
English language > Slang.
English language > Social aspects.
English language > Spoken English.
Language and languages.
Slang (taal)
Engels.
New York (N.Y.) > Languages.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
New York (N.Y.) > Mœurs et coutumes.
New York (State) > New York.
English language > Slang
New York (N.Y.)
Terminology.
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