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During the mid-20th century, old South Greenlanders still spoke their genuine dialects. Suitable for linguists, this book is the presentation of the South Greenlandic dialects.
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Looking at the sexual metaphors that are so pervasive in American culture, such as: ""jock""; ""tool""; ""shooting blanks""; and ""gang bang"",... Læs mere
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This volume focuses on the closely allied yet differing linguistic varieties of Birmingham and its immediate neighbour to the west, the industrial heartland of the Black Country. It provides a clear description of the structure of the linguistic varieties spoken in the two areas.
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This is a comprehensive introduction to the study of older and present-day Scots language.
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An overview of all aspects of Hong Kong English in a style designed for undergraduates and general readers.
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A guide to effective writing suitable for the Americans. It answers questions of meaning, grammar, pronunciation, punctuation, and spelling in thousands of... Læs mere
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White Kids investigates how white teenagers use language to display identities based on race and youth culture. The first book to use techniques of... Læs mere
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This groundbreaking investigation examines four dialects from parts of northern Britain out of which came the founding populations of many regions in... Læs mere
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A fascinating exploration of English, its origins, dialects, accents, and place-names. Trudgill asks questions such as: why did 'passengers' become... Læs mere
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Late-19th-century America was crazy about dialect: vernacular varieties of American English entertained mass audiences in "local... Læs mere
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Ten years of research back up the theory advanced by author Thomason and Kaufman, who rescue the study of contact-induced language change from the... Læs mere
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Women as slang creators and users is perhaps the last, and very important, piece of the slang jigsaw. Women in slang is a pretty sorry story, but women and slang is an undiscovered territory, which this book explores, from fishwives and flappers to Mumsnet.