Dialect, slang & jargon books

Combining dialect vocabulary and literature as a way of explaining the North Sea Coast including scenery, weather,...  Read More >>

Ten essays explore the connections between the language and culture of South Carolina’s barrier islands, West Africa,...  Read More >>

A fascinating, hilarious and quirky book of R.A.F. slang, originally published in 1943.  Read More >>

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This dictionary brings together a colourful collection of colloquialisms from Down Under, including humorous rhyming...  Read More >>

Ever wonder what going on the wagon has to do with drinking? Why does extreme behaviour take the cake? And did Americans'...  Read More >>

Stunned mullets and Two-pot screamers: a Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms is a revealing guide to the richness...  Read More >>

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Emanation and extension of the 30th International LAUD Symposium, held Apr. 19-22, 2004 at the Universiteat Koblenz-Landau....  Read More >>

Covering American English, this reference defines and explains hundreds of contemporary American slang expressions...  Read More >>

Can language change be modelled as an evolutionary process? Can notions like variation, selection and competition...  Read More >>

Kinder in der Deutschschweiz müssen mit den beiden Sprachvarietäten Schweizerdeutsch und Hochdeutsch umgehen können:...  Read More >>

Das Badische Wörterbuch dokumentiert den mundartlichen Wortschatz im Gebiet des ehemaligen Großherzogtums Baden,...  Read More >>

Provides data from 1,159 common cognates found in 19 dialects from the Tai language family. This volume focuses...  Read More >>

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Guides the reader through contemporary jargon from around the English-speaking world. This book also shows where...  Read More >>

Is today's language at an all-time low? Edwin Battistella argues that it is wrong to think of slang, regional dialects...  Read More >>

Brooks pays tribute to the language and literature of the American South. He writes of the language’s unique syntax...  Read More >>

Vice Slang gently eases you into the language of gambling, drugs and alcohol, providing you with 3,000 words to...  Read More >>

Sex Slang not only gives you 3,000 new words to talk about your favourite pastimes, it will open your eyes to practices...  Read More >>

"""Penny Dyer is an inspiration to work with"" Helen Mirren An essential tool for actors needing to develop an accent...  Read More >>

""Penny Dyer is an inspiration to work with"" Helen Mirren An essential tool for actors needing to develop an accent...  Read More >>

""Penny Dyer is an inspiration to work with"" Helen Mirren An essential tool for actors needing to develop an accent...  Read More >>