Dialect, slang & jargon books

In this study, the author explores the words and phrases that American college students use casually among themselves....  Read More >>

This is the first comprehensive grammar of Nigerian Pidgin. This book provides basic descriptive and analytical...  Read More >>

This is an introduction to the French slang and colloquial language used in everyday commerce, conversation and...  Read More >>

Intended for sailors and language enthusiasts, this is a collection of nautical metaphors and colloquialisms. It...  Read More >>

The mixed-language (Latin, Anglo-Norman, and Middle English) business texts of London from the period 1275 to 1500...  Read More >>

No detailed description available for ""Language Contact in the Arctic"".  Read More >>

 Read More >>

A source-book of the Anglo-Indian language which covers the origins of many words of Indian origin incorporated...  Read More >>

The development of the Siculo Arabic group of varieties in the early medieval period took place while Sicily was...  Read More >>

Brings together studies on the early stages of Creolization which are based on historical data: early documents...  Read More >>

No detailed description available for ""The Origin of American Black English"".  Read More >>

 Read More >>

1,200 everyday core vocabulary words are included under 12 topics which reflect the immediate language needs of...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Perfect for travelers, students, and heritage speakers, this compact volume contains over 8,000 total entries for...  Read More >>

"This volume from the ""Varieties of English around the World"" series includes topics such as innovation in new...  Read More >>

This volume reveals, in vivid detail, the richness of Japanese slang in all its amusing, bizarre and shocking forms....  Read More >>

This new edition has been especially prepared for New Zealand schools, and has been strengthened with many words...  Read More >>

A collection of papers presented and discussed at an international symposium held at Czerniejewo, near Poznan, in...  Read More >>

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für ""Kommunikative Stilistik zweier sozialer Welten in Mannheim-Vogelstang"" verfügbar....  Read More >>

A collection of papers presented and discussed at an international symposium held at Czerniejewo, near Poznan, in...  Read More >>

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für ""Kommunikative Stilistik einer sozialen Welt ""kleiner Leute"" in der Mannheimer...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

This volume presents the proceedings of the first Montreal conference held in June 1992. This conference dealt with...  Read More >>