Dialect, slang & jargon books

Learn how to decode the private languages that are swapped around us every day - amongst cabbies and paramedics,...  Read More >>

By examining communication among young people in East Tyrol, this study offers for the first time detailed insight...  Read More >>

Fiann Ó Nualláin brings old Irish proverbs to life for the present generation. Each proverb is carefully chosen...  Read More >>

A new approach to learning Modern Standard Arabic through the songs of Fairouz, Kazem al-Saher, and many others...  Read More >>

This is a study of the grammatical variations to be found in English dialects. It looks at aspects as diverse as...  Read More >>

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Beginner Korean Reader offers supplementary reading material for students in the early stages of learning Korean....  Read More >>

Remade in France: Anglicisms in the Lexicon and Morphology of French chronicles the current status of French Anglicisms,...  Read More >>

Argobba belongs to the South Ethio-Semitic language group and is considered to be in critical endangerment. It has...  Read More >>

Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that...  Read More >>

Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that...  Read More >>

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A sick dictionary of legit Californian lingo: tech talk to surf speak, NorCal to SoCal, studio slang to foodie jargon....  Read More >>

Stephen Knight has published five collections of poems: Flowering Limbs(Bloodaxe, 1993), Dream City Cinema(Bloodaxe,...  Read More >>

This new collection brings together some 5,000 contemporary slang expressions originating in all parts of the English-speaking...  Read More >>

Audio recordings of English are available from the first half of the twentieth century and complement the written...  Read More >>

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Discover the many twists and turns through history that led to the language, accents and turns of phrase which make...  Read More >>

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First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

First published in 1942, this dictionary was designed to help civilians and members of H.M. forces to make their...  Read More >>

First published in 1933, this book explores both contemporary and historical slang, focusing on the characteristics...  Read More >>

First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of...  Read More >>

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