1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911105536003321

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.

UNINA9911120213803321

Titolo

Capitalism, nature, socialism

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Guilford Publications

Abingdon, U.K. ; ; New York, : CatchWord [distributor]

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, : Routledge

ISSN

1548-3290

Disciplina

304

Soggetti

Economic development - Environmental aspects

Environmental policy

Socialism

Capitalism

Socialisme

Capitalisme

Desenvolupament econòmic

Ecologia humana

Periodicals.

Revistes electròniques.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed