1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791904703321

Autore

Adams Michael <1961->

Titolo

Slang : the people's poetry / / Michael Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2009]

ISBN

0-19-772241-5

1-283-58894-3

9786613901392

0-19-804294-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 pages)

Disciplina

427.973

Soggetti

English language - Slang

English language - Jargon

Rhyming slang

Poetry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"What it is?": the essentials of slang -- Fitting in: social dynamics of slang -- Standing out: aesthetic dimensions of slang -- It's all in your head: cognitive aspects of slang.

Sommario/riassunto

Slang, writes Michael Adams, is poetry on the down low, and sometimes lowdown poetry on the down low, but rarely, if ever, merely lowdown. It is the poetry of everyday speech, the people's poetry, and it deserves attention as language playing on the cusp of art. In Slang: The People's Poetry, Adams covers this perennially interesting subject in a serious but highly engaging way, illuminating the fundamental question ""What is Slang"" and defending slang--and all forms of nonstandard English--as integral parts of the American language. Why is an expression like ""bed head"" lost in a lexical li



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910297053003321

Autore

Mendis Sunimal

Titolo

Copyright, the Freedom of Expression and the Right to Information : : Exploring a Potential Public Interest Exception to Copyright in Europe / / Sunimal Mendis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2011

Baden-Baden : , : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, , 2011

ISBN

9783845231266

3845231262

Edizione

[1 ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (84 p.)

Collana

Munich Intellectual Property Law Center – MIPLC

Soggetti

Copyright - Europe

Freedom of expression - Europe

Freedom of information - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

With the advent of a global community, which draws its sustenance from the unfettered communication of ideas and expression, it is worth reflecting on the role of copyright law and considering whether the existing legal frameworks of copyright in Europe have the capacity to meet the changing needs of a new generation who have given a whole new meaning to the term "creativity" and to that of "original expression." This book considers the prevailing tension between the competing values of copyright, the freedom of expression, and the right to information. It also looks at the possibility of introducing a public interest exception to the copyright framework of the European Union as a means of resolving the existing discord, along with a comparative survey of the developments presently taking place in the jurisdictions of France, Germany, and the UK.