The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang.Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work.Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocki…
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Weitere Autoren: Victor, Terry (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-317-37252-3
- EAN: 9781317372523
- Produktnummer: 19569934
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 864 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 52'344 KB
- Auflage: 2. Auflage
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Tom Dalzell -Senior Editor Tom Dalzell is a lawyer who moonlights in an extremely serious way as a slang collector and author. Recognized as the leading expert on American slang, his most recent publications include Damn the Man: Slang of the Oppressed (2011) and Far Out Depends on Where You're Standing (2012).Terry Victor - EditorTerry Victor is not only a slang collector but also an actor, broadcaster, writer and director. He has written (and acted in) more Murders on the Orient Express than Agatha Christie. Since the 1st edition of this book he has notably appeared in a BAFTA-winning movie and Punchdrunk's acclaimed immersive theatre, and authored two stage plays: No Offence (2008), and Fragments of Ash ... a supremely intelligent and very important piece of theatre. Informed Edinburgh (2011). A Dictionary of Anglophone Rhyming Slangs is due to be published in 2013.
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