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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries - Volume IV: 1937-1984 (Hardcover, New)
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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries - Volume IV: 1937-1984 (Hardcover, New)
Series: A History Of Cant and Slang Dictionaries
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The starting date of the fourth volume of Julie Coleman's
pioneering history marks the appearance of the most influential
slang dictionary of the twentieth century, Eric Partridge's
Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, produced at a time
when the Depression had broken down traditional working-class
communities; the United States was a still-reluctant world power;
and another world war was inevitable. If the First World War
unsettled combatants' minds, the second unsettled society. It
challenged values around the world and, as the author shows,
offered new opportunities for vibrant self-expression.
Lexicographers recorded a rich harvest of words and phrases from
around the world, reflecting new-found freedoms from convention,
increased social mobility, and the continued rise of the mass
media. Julie Coleman's account ranges across the English-speaking
world. It will fascinate all those interested in slang and its
reflections of social and cultural change.
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