Dialect, slang & jargon books

1280 books were found.

An Atlas of English Dialects: Region and Dialect

An Atlas of English Dialects: Region and Dialect
Author: Clive Upton , J.D.A Widdowson ISBN: 9780415392327 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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Word from the Mother: Language and African Americans

Word from the Mother: Language and African Americans...
Author: Geneva Smitherman ISBN: 9780415358750 Format: Hardback	$305.00
Geneva Smitherman presents an overview of past debates on the speech of the African Americans. Enriched by her inimitable... Read More >>

The Indo-European Dialects

The Indo-European Dialects
Author: A. Meillet , Samuel N. Rosenberg ISBN: 9780817353193 Format: Paperback	$85.80
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Management Mumbo-Jumbo: A Skeptics' Dictionary

Management Mumbo-Jumbo: A Skeptics' Dictionary
Author: A. Furnham ISBN: 9781403987020 Format: Paperback	$132.00
Bestselling author and psychologist, Adrian Furnham, takes a critical view of the jargon and fads in management... Read More >>

Language and Region

Language and Region
Author: Joan Beal (Unviersity of Sheffield, UK) ISBN: 9780415366007 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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Language and Region

Language and Region
Author: Joan Beal (Unviersity of Sheffield, UK) ISBN: 9780415366014 Format: Paperback	$50.99
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New-Dialect Formation: The Inevitability of Colonial Englishes

New-Dialect Formation: The Inevitability of Colonial...
Author: Peter Trudgill (Honorary Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of East Anglia) ISBN: 9780748618774 Format: Paperback	$67.99
This book presents a new and controversial theory about dialect contact and the formation of new colonial dialects.... Read More >>

Language Most Foul

Language Most Foul
Author: Ruth Wajnryb ISBN: 9781741147766 Format: Paperback	$34.99
A meticulously researched, highly entertaining, idiosyncratic look at the how, why and what of bad language around... Read More >>

Koranexegese, Grammatik und Logik: Zum Verhältnis von arabischer und aristotelischer Urteils-, Konsequenz- und Schlußlehre

Koranexegese, Grammatik und Logik: Zum Verhältnis von...
Author: Cornelia Schöck ISBN: 9789004145887 Format: Hardback	$720.72
This volume offers a new approach in Islamic hermeneutics and the understanding of Qur’anic exegesis, Muslim dialectical... Read More >>

The Big Book of Talking Dirty: 5000 Slang Phrases

The Big Book of Talking Dirty: 5000 Slang Phrases
Author: Jonathon Green ISBN: 9780304368228 Format: Hardback	$10.51
""Dirt"" cleans up! Jonathon Green's previous compilation, The Big Book of Filth, sold more than 100,000 copies.... Read More >>

Exploring Language Change

Exploring Language Change
Author: Mari Jones , Ishtla Singh ISBN: 9780415317757 Format: Paperback	$108.11
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Exploring Language Change

Exploring Language Change
Author: Mari Jones , Ishtla Singh ISBN: 9780415317740 Format: Hardback	$90.99
Presenting new or little-known data, the authors explore the phenomenon of language change, highlighting an often... Read More >>

Contributions Towards a Glossary of the Glynne Language

Contributions Towards a Glossary of the Glynne Language...
Author: Lord Lyttelton , George William, Lord Lyttelton ISBN: 9781904303527 Format: Hardback	$77.60
The Glynnese Glossary is that rare beast, a dictionary of a family language. Many families develop favourite words... Read More >>

Hobson-jobson: A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases and of Kindred Terms

Hobson-jobson: A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial...
Author: Sir Henry Yule , A.C. Burnel ISBN: 9788177692570 Format: Hardback	$68.57
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Swearing in English: Bad Language, Purity and Power from 1586 to the Present

Swearing in English: Bad Language, Purity and Power...
Author: Tony McEnery (University of Lancaster, UK) ISBN: 9780415258371 Format: Hardback	$305.00
Swearing is an everyday part of the language of most speakers of modern English. This corpus informed account of... Read More >>

Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century

Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-by-Decade...
Author: Rosemarie Ostler ISBN: 9780195182545 Format: Paperback	$39.95
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American Voices: How Dialects Differ from Coast to Coast

American Voices: How Dialects Differ from Coast to Coast...
Author: Walt Wolfram (North Carolina State University) , Ben Ward (Language Magazine) ISBN: 9781405121095 Format: Paperback	$72.95
Presents a collection of short, readable descriptions of various American dialects. This work includes Southern... Read More >>

Understanding American Business Jargon: A Dictionary, 2nd Edition

Understanding American Business Jargon: A Dictionary,...
Author: W. Davis Folsom ISBN: 9780313334504 Format: Hardback	$120.00
Including slang, acronyms, a bibliography, an introduction that discusses recent trends in business language, and... Read More >>

American Voices: How Dialects Differ from Coast to Coast

American Voices: How Dialects Differ from Coast to Coast...
Author: Walt Wolfram (North Carolina State University) , Ben Ward (Language Magazine) ISBN: 9781405121088 Format: Hardback	$203.95
Presents a collection of short, readable descriptions of various American dialects. This work includes Southern... Read More >>

Arabische Dialektgeographie: Eine Einführung

Arabische Dialektgeographie: Eine Einführung
Author: Peter Behnstedt , Manfred Woidich ISBN: 9789004141308 Format: Hardback	$406.56
This volume is the first comprehensive and systematic description of the dialect geography of the Arabic language... Read More >>

The New Zealand Pocket Oxford Dictionary

The New Zealand Pocket Oxford Dictionary
Author: Graeme Kennedy , Tony Deverson ISBN: 9780195584820 Format: Hardback	$34.95
This extensive and versatile dictionary provides unrivalled coverage of New Zealand and international English in... Read More >>

Getting into German: Multidisciplinary Linguistic Approaches

Getting into German: Multidisciplinary Linguistic Approaches...
Author: John Partridge , Peter Lutzeier ISBN: 9783039105250 Format: Paperback	$163.27
This volume, composed mainly of papers given at the 1999 conferences of the Forum for German Language Studies (FGLS)... Read More >>

Deutsche Kanzleisprache in Hexenverhörprotokollen der Frühen Neuzeit: Bd 1: Auswahledition. Band 2: Kommentierte Bibliographie zur regionalen Hexenforschung

Deutsche Kanzleisprache in Hexenverhörprotokollen der...
Author: Jürgen Macha , Elvira Topalovic ISBN: 9783110180916 Format: Leather / fine binding	$665.28
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Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life

Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: Language of Hong Kong...
Author: Kingsley Bolton , Christopher M. Hutton ISBN: 9781850654193 Format: Hardback	$95.00
A description and analysis of Hong Kong vernacular Cantonese speech styles, notably the language of the Triad-dominated... Read More >>

American English: Dialects and Variation

American English: Dialects and Variation
Author: Walt Wolfram , Natalie Schilling-Estes ISBN: 9781405112666 Format: Paperback	$131.87
This book provides a very readable, up-to-date description of language variation in American English, covering regional,... Read More >>

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