15.9, Books: Sociolinguistics: Coleman

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Subject: 15.9, Books: Sociolinguistics: Coleman

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Date:  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:14:53 -0500 (EST)
From:  tom.perridge at oup.com
Subject:  A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Coleman

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Date:  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:14:53 -0500 (EST)
From:  tom.perridge at oup.com
Subject:  A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Coleman



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

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press
           http://www.oup-usa.org/,
           http://www.oup.co.uk

Book URL: http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-925471-0

Author: Julie Coleman, University of Leicester

Hardback: ISBN: 0199254710, Pages: 320, Price: 45.00

Abstract:

This is the first volume in a complete history of the documentation of
Engl ish cant and slang from 1567 to the present. It gives
unparalleled insights into the early history of slang, the people who
used it, and how and why i t was recorded.

Well over a hundred glossaries of cant and slang were published
between 1567 and 1784. The cant lists reveal the secret language
allegedly used by thi eves and beggars to conceal their illicit
conspiracies: Dr Coleman investig ates where and how they were
produced and the relationship between such lis ts and canting
literature. She considers why this period was so fascinated by crime
and by criminals, and apparently so obsessed with the need to reco rd
their language. How far, she asks, are the lists genuine records of
cont emporary cant, and how far the products of literary invention?
Who produced them, and how were they researched? Who bought them, and
what did they hope to gain from them? This absorbing and astute book
will be an invaluable r esource for anyone interested in English slang
and its history. It also provides unusual and unexpected insights into
the underworlds of early modern England.

Lingfield(s):
		History of Linguistics Lexicography Ling & Literature
		Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (Language code: ENG)

Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)

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