Dialect, slang & jargon books

A look at Tok Pisin, one of the most important languages of Melanesia and used in a wide range of public and private...  Read More >>

In what ways can dialectologists and language typologists profit from each others' work when looking across the...  Read More >>

This guide indicates the ways in which Jamaican Creole differs from Standard Jamaican English. It is organized into...  Read More >>

From ""Can I do you now, sir?"" and ""Thunderbirds are GO"" to ""Eat my shorts!"", ""Who loves ya, baby"" and ""booyakasha!"",...  Read More >>

A collection of 22 articles on the study of Arabic dialects, with the emphasis on developing new frameworks, bringing...  Read More >>

Rhyming slang is a subject of perennial interest to the general language-conscious public. Entries are arranged...  Read More >>

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A collection of Aussie-Strine sayings such as: 'Like a bandicoot on a burnt bridge', 'Raining cats and dogs', 'All...  Read More >>

This is a survey of English both as a pre-eminent world language and as an increasingly divergent language. It...  Read More >>

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This work is an in-depth study of the Creole language spoken in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, a community situated...  Read More >>

The comprehensive analysis of the segmental and metrical system of the Swiss German dialect of Thurgovian provides...  Read More >>

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Are there common specific patterns in the Tense-Mood-Aspect systems of creoles? Do creoles constitute a structural...  Read More >>

This wide-ranging study takes the story of Kenneth Jackson's ""Language and History in Early Britain"" on from the...  Read More >>

This volume unites nineteen papers on core topics in linguistics: phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, and...  Read More >>

Part of a series designed as a reference for a particular linguistic community and for linguists working on typology...  Read More >>

This volume focuses, via primary linguistic fieldwork, on the underrepresented and neglected area of the Anglophone...  Read More >>

This book presents findings of the first-ever ethnographic fieldwork on the most remote island in the world with...  Read More >>

This is a comprehensive introduction to the study of older and present-day Scots language.  Read More >>

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The book presents unique literature in a minority ethnolect – the Germanic dialect of Wilamowice in Southern Poland....  Read More >>

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More than any other European language English has been shaped by its contacts with other languages such as Celtic,...  Read More >>

The aim of this volume is to promote a better understanding of Cape Verdean Creole and to present data representative...  Read More >>