Dialect, slang & jargon books

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Dialect and Dichotomy: Literary Representations of African American Speech

Dialect and Dichotomy: Literary Representations of African...
Author: Lisa Cohen Minnick ISBN: 9780817313999 Format: Hardback	$105.47
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A Creole Lexicon: Architecture, Landscape, People

A Creole Lexicon: Architecture, Landscape, People
Author: Jay Edwards , Nicolas Kariouk Pecquet du Bellay de Verton ISBN: 9780807127643 Format: Hardback	$250.80
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Shut Yer Pus: A Wee Book of Scots Slang

Shut Yer Pus: A Wee Book of Scots Slang
Author: Scott Simpson ISBN: 9781845020361 Format: Paperback	$26.27
Ever taken a 'beamer' because someone has called you a 'numpty'? Or maybe you can't work out why 'bluenoses' and... Read More >>

Caribbean Spanish in the Metropolis: Spanish Language among Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans in the New York City Area

Caribbean Spanish in the Metropolis: Spanish Language...
Author: Edwin M. Lamboy (The City College of New York, USA) ISBN: 9780415949255 Format: Hardback	$77.99
This study focuses on first- and second-generation Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans living in the New York City... Read More >>

Eating Your Words: 1001 Words to Tease Your Taste Buds

Eating Your Words: 1001 Words to Tease Your Taste Buds...
Author: William Grimes ISBN: 9780195174069 Format: Hardback	$48.95
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Dialects

Dialects
Author: Peter Trudgill ISBN: 9780415342636 Format: Paperback	$58.99
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Urban Bahamian Creole: System and variation

Urban Bahamian Creole: System and variation
Author: Stephanie Hackert (University of Regensburg) , Stephanie Hackert ISBN: 9781588115751 Format: Hardback	$417.12
This volume, a detailed empirical study of the creole English spoken in the Bahamian capital, Nassau, contributes... Read More >>

Dialects

Dialects
Author: Peter Trudgill ISBN: 9780415342629 Format: Hardback	$242.00
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English-Yiddish/Yiddish-English Practical Dictionary (Expanded Romanized Edition)

English-Yiddish/Yiddish-English Practical Dictionary...
Author: David Gross ISBN: 9780781804394 Format: Paperback	$26.27
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A Glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak

A Glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak
Author: David Crystal ISBN: 9780748621194 Format: Hardback	$130.68
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Bislama Reference Grammar

Bislama Reference Grammar
Author: Terry Crowley ISBN: 9780824828806 Format: Paperback	$76.56
n account of the grammar of Bislama as it is used by ordinary Ni-Vanuatu. It does not aim to describe any kind of... Read More >>

Workbook

Workbook
Author: Robert J. Dixson ISBN: 9780135941362 Format: Paperback	$40.47
Offering a step-by-step progression from repetition through practice to use, this is part of a course which takes... Read More >>

Teacher's Guide

Teacher's Guide
Author: Robert Dixson ISBN: 9780135940785 Format: Paperback	$49.95
Offering a step-by-step progression from repetition through practice to use, this is part of a course which takes... Read More >>

Teacher's Guide

Teacher's Guide
Author: Robert Dixson ISBN: 9780135939635 Format: Paperback	$89.95
Offering a step-by-step progression from repetition through practice to use, this is part of a course which takes... Read More >>

The Decay of a Language: The Case of a German Dialect in the Italian Alps

The Decay of a Language: The Case of a German Dialect...
Author: Silvia Dal Negro , Silvia Dal Negro ISBN: 9783039102129 Format: Paperback	$200.92
A revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universitaa di Pavia, 1998. Read More >>

Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang

Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang
Author: Paul Baker (Lancaster University, UK) ISBN: 9780826473431 Format: Paperback	$76.99
Polari has been the secret language of gay men and women through the 20th century. This work presents a lexicon... Read More >>

Needed Research in American Dialects

Needed Research in American Dialects
Author: Dennis Richard Preston ISBN: 9780822365945 Format: Hardback	$52.80
Offers a survey of the field and an investigation into the study of language variation and change in North America.... Read More >>

Language Change

Language Change
Author: Adrian Beard ISBN: 9780415320566 Format: Paperback	$50.99
Language Change, examines the way external factors have influenced and are influencing language change, focusing... Read More >>

Language Change

Language Change
Author: Adrian Beard ISBN: 9780415320559 Format: Hardback	$305.00
Language Change, examines the way external factors have influenced and are influencing language change, focusing... Read More >>

The Oxford Dictionary of Slang

The Oxford Dictionary of Slang
Author: John Ayto ISBN: 9780198607632 Format: Paperback	$20.95
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Riptionary: Surf Lingo Lexicon

Riptionary: Surf Lingo Lexicon
Author: Scott A. Matthews ISBN: 9780595311002 Format: Paperback	$31.55
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Issues in the Study of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Issues in the Study of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Author: Claire Lefebvre (Université du Québec à Montréal / Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig) ISBN: 9781588115164 Format: Hardback	$393.36
The content of this book is concerned with various issues at stake in Creole studies that are also of interest for... Read More >>

A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume 1: 1567-1784

A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume 1:...
Author: Julie Coleman (, University of Leicester) ISBN: 9780199254712 Format: Hardback	$346.00
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A Dictionary of Euphemisms

A Dictionary of Euphemisms
Author: R.W. Holder ISBN: 9780198607625 Format: Paperback	$29.95
How Not To Say What You Mean is a guide to the language of evasion, hypocrisy, prudery, and deceit. Read More >>

The Making of a Mixed Language: The case of Ma’a/Mbugu

The Making of a Mixed Language: The case of Ma’a/Mbugu...
Author: Maarten Mous (Leiden University) ISBN: 9789027252487 Format: Hardback	$282.04
The Mbugu (or Ma'á) language (Tanzania) is one of the few genuine mixed languages, reputedly combining Bantu grammar... Read More >>

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