Dialect, slang & jargon books

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Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools

Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools...
Author: Anne H. Charity Hudley , Christine Mallinson ISBN: 9780807751497 Format: Hardback	$184.80
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Words Fail Me: A Journey Through Australia's Lost Language

Words Fail Me: A Journey Through Australia's Lost Language...
Author: Hugh Lunn ISBN: 9780733322518 Format: Paperback	$35.00
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The Anonymous Text: The 500-Year History of ""The Assembly of Ladies""

The Anonymous Text: The 500-Year History of ""The Assembly...
Author: Simone Celine Marshall ISBN: 9783039119530 Format: Paperback	$105.83
Why would a poem about courtly love remain so popular for so long? This book analyses literary and historical publishing... Read More >>

Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3: Cognitive and Cultural Factors

Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3: Cognitive...
Author: William Labov (University of Pennsylvania, USA) ISBN: 9781405112147 Format: Paperback	$72.95
Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this volume examines the cognitive... Read More >>

A dictionary of South African Indian English

A dictionary of South African Indian English
Author: Rajend Mesthrie ISBN: 9781919895369 Format: Paperback	$97.55
South African Indian English (or SATE) arose out of a language shift that occurred when Indians were denied full... Read More >>

Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3: Cognitive and Cultural Factors

Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3: Cognitive...
Author: William Labov (University of Pennsylvania, USA) ISBN: 9781405112154 Format: Hardback	$180.95
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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume IV: 1937-1984

A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume IV:...
Author: Julie Coleman (, Professor of English Language, University of Leicester) ISBN: 9780199567256 Format: Hardback	$330.00
In the fourth volume of her pioneering history, Julie Coleman considers the trends of lexicographers in a period... Read More >>

The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699

The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699
Author: John Simpson , Bodleian Library ISBN: 9781851243488 Format: Hardback	$66.00
The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally... Read More >>

Obsolete Scandinavian Loanwords in English

Obsolete Scandinavian Loanwords in English
Author: Magdalena Bator ISBN: 9783631613160 Format: Hardback	$163.27
Presents an analysis of the causes of obsolescence of Scandinavian loanwords in English since the 15th century.... Read More >>

Tonal Accents in Norwegian: Phonology, morphology and lexical specification

Tonal Accents in Norwegian: Phonology, morphology and...
Author: Allison Wetterlin ISBN: 9783110234374 Format: Hardback	$188.67
Within Germanic, North Germanic is special because in many dialects words can differ only based on their melody... Read More >>

Living Language: Exploring Kiwitalk

Living Language: Exploring Kiwitalk
Author: Elizabeth Gordon ISBN: 9781877257872 Format: Paperback	$65.87
Sociolinguist Elizabeth Gordon has been commenting on this and other matters of linguistic debate in a weekly column... Read More >>

Hong Kong English

Hong Kong English
Author: Jane Setter (Senior Lecturer in Phonetics, Head of Department, Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Reading) , Cathy S. P. Wong (Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) ISBN: 9780748635962 Format: Paperback	$67.99
An overview of all aspects of Hong Kong English in a style designed for undergraduates and general readers. Read More >>

Hong Kong English

Hong Kong English
Author: Jane Setter (Senior Lecturer in Phonetics, Head of Department, Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Reading) , Cathy S. P. Wong (Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) ISBN: 9780748635955 Format: Hardback	$200.00
An overview of all aspects of Hong Kong English in a style designed for undergraduates and general readers. Read More >>

Investigating Variation: The Effects of Social Organization and Social Setting

Investigating Variation: The Effects of Social Organization...
Author: Nancy C Dorian (Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College (retired)) ISBN: 9780195385939 Format: Hardback	$154.95
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Chameleon English: Constant Change

Chameleon English: Constant Change
Author: Laurence Shee ISBN: 9781847486523 Format: Paperback	$55.31
'Chameleon,' says the author, educationist Laurence Shee, 'doesn't focus solely on figurative language, but on many... Read More >>

Joseph Wright’s «English Dialect Dictionary» and Beyond: Studies in Late Modern English Dialectology

Joseph Wright’s «English Dialect Dictionary» and Beyond:...
Author: Manfred Markus , Clive Upton ISBN: 9783631600382 Format: Hardback	$130.15
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Investigating Variation: The Effects of Social Organization and Social Setting

Investigating Variation: The Effects of Social Organization...
Author: Nancy C Dorian (Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College (retired)) ISBN: 9780195385922 Format: Paperback	$125.95
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Indian Educational Policy, 1913: Being a Resolution Issued by the Governor General in Council on February 21, 1913 (1915)

Indian Educational Policy, 1913: Being a Resolution...
Author: India Governor General ISBN: 9781165523382 Format: Paperback	$35.80
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Anni Medici, Atque Observationes Circa Morbos Acutos AC Chronicos V1 (1779)

Anni Medici, Atque Observationes Circa Morbos Acutos...
Author: Anton Von Stoerck ISBN: 9781166000943 Format: Hardback	$118.17
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it... Read More >>

The Traditional Dialect of Sussex: A Historical Guide, Description, Selected Texts, Bibliography and Discography

The Traditional Dialect of Sussex: A Historical Guide,...
Author: Richard Coates ISBN: 9781907242090 Format: Paperback	$37.52
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Proceedings of Methods XIII: Papers from the Thirteenth International Conference on Methods in Dialectology, 2008

Proceedings of Methods XIII: Papers from the Thirteenth...
Author: Barry Heselwood , Clive Upton ISBN: 9783631612408 Format: Hardback	$233.39
Presents papers from the 13th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology, held at the University of Leeds... Read More >>

Japanese Slanguage: A Fun Visual Guide to Japanese Terms and Phrases

Japanese Slanguage: A Fun Visual Guide to Japanese Terms...
Author: Mike Ellis ISBN: 9781423607489 Format: Paperback	$14.99
With this fun visual guide, simply follow the illustrated prompts and read the English words out loud. Soon you'll... Read More >>

Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms

Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
Author: John Ayto (Freelance) ISBN: 9780199543786 Format: Paperback	$44.75
Get stuck into this authoritative and entertaining dictionary of English idioms. Packed with over 6,000 entries... Read More >>

Dirty Korean: Everyday Slang from 'What's Up?' to 'F*%# Off'

Dirty Korean: Everyday Slang from 'What's Up?' to 'F*%#...
Author: Haewon Geebi Baek ISBN: 9781569757796 Format: Paperback	$26.40
Next time you're traveling or just chattin' in Korean with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out... Read More >>

Teaching and Learning Pragmatics: Where Language and Culture Meet

Teaching and Learning Pragmatics: Where Language and...
Author: Noriko Ishihara , Andrew D. Cohen ISBN: 9781408204573 Format: Paperback	$111.06
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