A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume 1: 1567-1784
Author:   Julie Coleman (University of Leicester)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199557097


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 November 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Julie Coleman (University of Leicester)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.416kg
ISBN:  

9780199557097


ISBN 10:   0199557098
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 November 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Abbreviations and Conventions Introduction 1: The Beggars are Coming to Town 2: The Harman-Lists 3: The Head-Lists 4: The B. E.-Lists 5: The Life of Bampfylde-Moore Carew 6: Other Cant and Slang Lists 7: Cant in Other Dictionaries 8: Conclusions Appendix Bibliography Subject Index Word Index

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<br> A fascinating glimpse into a world in which a secret language was at once menacing and thrilling. --Times Literary Supplement<br>


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Julie Coleman is Reader in English at the University of Leicester and founder of the International Society for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology. Her research interests lie in the history of the English language, particularly the history of the lexis. She is the author of A Thesaurus of Love, Sex, and Marriage (Rodopi 1999). The first two volumes of her history of cant and slang dictionaries, on the periods 1567-1785 and 1785-1858, were published by OUP in 2004. A third volume is being published in 2008 and a fourth volume, taking the history to 1984, is in preparation. She is the joint editor with Anne McDermott of Historical Lexicography and Lexicology: Papers from the first ICHLL, which is to be published by Niemeyer in Tübingen.

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