01108nam0-22003611i-450-99000013216040332120121023145059.0000013216FED01000013216(Aleph)000013216FED0100001321620020821d1870----km-y0itay50------baitaengITy-------001yyGuglielmo Pitt e il suo tempoper Lord Stanhopetraduzione dall'inglese con aggiunteMilanoCorona e Caimi18704 v.20 cmCollana di storie e memorie contemporanee28-2930-31Gran BretagnaStoriaSec. 18.Pitt, William <il giovane>941.073Stanhope,Philip Henry8565ITUNINARICAUNIMARCBK99000013216040332113 AR 25 A 279239FINBC13 AR 25 A 289240FINBC13 AR 25 A 299241FINBC13 AR 25 A 309242FINBCFINBCGuglielmo Pitt e il suo tempo113893UNINA03603nam 22006613u 450 991045082620332120210107004304.00-19-535776-01-4294-0661-5(CKB)1000000000405825(EBL)1591185(OCoLC)908078651(SSID)ssj0000122626(PQKBManifestationID)11145258(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122626(PQKBWorkID)10124237(PQKB)11288700(MiAaPQ)EBC1591185(EXLCZ)99100000000040582520161010d1995|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe City in Slang[electronic resource] New York Life and Popular SpeechCary Oxford University Press19951 online resource (320 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-509265-1 Contents; PART I: Manhattan in the Mirror of Slang; 1. New York City Life and Popular Speech; 2. The Social Meaning of City Streets; PART II: The Modern Ruptures of Traditional Life; 3. The Bright Lights; 4. New Ways of Urban Living; 5. Tall Buildings; PART III: The Shadow Worlds of Social Class in City Life; 6. Mean Streets; 7. The Sporting Life; PART IV: The Naming of Social Differences; 8. Social Types in City Streets; 9. Us and Them; 10. The Contempt for Provincial Life; Notes; References and Bibliography; Index of Words and Phrases; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; STU; V; W; Y; Author and Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZThe American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech. Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger, shyster, buttinsky, smart aleck, sidewalk superintendent, yellow journalism, breadline, straphanger, tar beach, the Tenderloin, the Great White Way, to do a Brodie--these are just a few of the hundreds of popular words and phrases that were born or took on new meaning in the streets of New York. In The City in Slang, Irving Lewis Allen traces this flowering of popular expressions that accompanieAmericanisms -- New York (State) -- New YorkCity and town life -- TerminologyEnglish language -- New York (State) -- New York -- SlangEnglish language -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New YorkEnglish language -- Spoken English -- New York (State) -- New YorkNew York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customsPopular culture -- New York (State) -- New YorkElectronic books.Americanisms -- New York (State) -- New York.City and town life -- Terminology.English language -- New York (State) -- New York -- Slang.English language -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.English language -- Spoken English -- New York (State) -- New York.New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.Popular culture -- New York (State) -- New York.427.97471427/.97471Allen Irving L.1931-2002.915075AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910450826203321The City in Slang2050838UNINA