Strange Vernaculars: How Eighteenth-Century Slang, Cant, Provincial Languages, and Nautical Jargon Became English
Strange Vernaculars • Princeton University Press • ISBN 9780691169026
Strange Vernaculars: How Eighteenth-Century Slang, Cant, Provincial Languages, and Nautical Jargon Became English
Strange Vernaculars • Princeton University Press • ISBN-13 9780691169026
ISBN-10 Not provided • 2017
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ISBN 9780691169026 • Completeness 48
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An analysis of how eighteenth-century British society transformed marginalized slang, cant, and nautical jargon into objects of intellectual and cultural fascination.
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Contributor: Strange Vernaculars
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Category: Eighteenth-Century British CultureCategory: English Language HistoryCategory: Historical LinguisticsCategory: History Of SlangCategory: LexicographyCategory: SociolinguisticsCategory: British History
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