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African American Slang - A Linguistic Description (Hardcover)
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African American Slang - A Linguistic Description (Hardcover)
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In this pioneering exploration of African American slang - a highly
informal vocabulary and a significant aspect of African American
English - Maciej Widawski explores patterns of form, meaning, theme
and function, showing it to be a rule-governed, innovative and
culturally revealing vernacular. Widawski's comprehensive
description is based on a large database of contextual citations
from thousands of contemporary sources, including literature and
the press, music, film and television. It also includes an
alphabetical glossary of 1,500 representative slang expressions,
defined and illustrated by 4,500 usage examples. Due to its vast
size, the glossary can stand alone as a dictionary providing
readers with a reliable reference of terms. Combining scholarship
with user-friendliness, this book is an insightful and practical
resource for students and researchers in linguistics, as well as
general readers interested in exploring lexical variation in
contemporary English.
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