A history of cant and slang dictionaries. Volume II, 1785-1858 / Julie Coleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, Julie.

Series:

A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries Ser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Lexicography--History.

English language.

English language--Slang--Lexicography.

Cant--Great Britain--Lexicography.

Cant.

Lexicography--Great Britain.

Lexicography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The second volume (volume 1, 1567-1785, published in January 2004) of Julie Coleman's fascinating and entertaining history of the uses and the recording of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858 and explores its first manifestations in the USA and Australia. - ;The second volume of Julie Coleman's fascinating and entertaining history of the uses and the recording of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858 and explores its first manifestations in the USA and Australia. During this period glossaries of cant are thrown into the shade by dictionaries of slang,

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations and Conventions; Introduction; One: Francis Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue; Two: Dictionaries Based on Grose's; Three: Humphry Tristram Potter; Four: James Hardy Vaux; Five: Pierce Egan; Six: John Bee; Seven: Minor British Cant and Slang Lists; Eight: Some American Cant and Slang Lists; Nine: College Dictionaries; Ten: Conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography; Word Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-84575-9

0-19-153119-7

1-4294-6935-8

OCLC:

476257872