The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang by Green, Jonathon
The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang by Green, Jonathon

The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang

Once the language of thieves and beggars, slang is an ever present part of today's culture for...
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The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang by Green, Jonathon

The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang

$60.50
The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang by Green, Jonathon

The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang

$60.50
Author: Jonathon Green
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Once the language of thieves and beggars, slang is an ever present part of today's culture for people across the strata. It allows us to connect to others, to express otherwise guarded thoughts, and to convey humor in the everyday. But how did slang escape its stigma as the language of the streets and integrate itself so seamlessly with "standard English?"

The Vulgar Tongue tells the full story of English language slang, from its origins in early British beggar books to its spread in American and Australian culture in the eighteenth century. The aim is not to record the history of the over 125,000 English words that make up the lexis. Rather, the author focuses on the common, often profane themes that run through the word-list--crime, sex, bodily parts and functions, insults, and drink and drugs--and their scope and function throughout the various cultures and overlapping subcultures of English language history, from the sporting world to the university campus to ethnic communities. In tracing its development and trajectory throughout the English-speaking world, Jonathon Green offers an impassioned defence for its vitality, showing how slang has grown into a modern, versatile vocabulary that has nevertheless established its own role in contemporary English.

Drawing on thirty years' worth of research, The Vulgar Tongue is a celebration of the words and phrases of an overlooked aspect of human language and interaction.


Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/01/2014
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 9.58h x 6.43w x 1.35d
ISBN: 9780199398140


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2014

About the Author

Jonathon Green is a lexicographer and author of Green's Dictionary of Slang, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, and Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries They Made.



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