03603nam 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 Slang2050838UNINA02307nas 22006253a 450 991030126930332120240413015514.02418-6945(CKB)3840000000199652(CONSER)sn-98021751-(EXLCZ)99384000000019965219830815b19201963 --- -fretxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierL'avant-garde[Paris, France] L'Avant-gardeParis Impr. centrale du croissant1 online resourceAccording to the ISSN portal, issues for 1940-1944 have ISSN 2021-2674 and key title: L'Avant-garde (1940).Issue for <Aug. 1943> has ed. statement: Éd. de la région parisienne.Print version: Avant-garde (Paris, France : 1920) 1278-7787 (DLC)sn 98021751 (OCoLC)9810883 Socialism and youthFrancePeriodicalsCommunismFrancePeriodicalsYouthFrancePeriodicalsWorld War, 1939-1945Underground literatureFranceWorld War, 1939-1945Underground movementsFranceCommunismfast(OCoLC)fst00870421Socialism and youthfast(OCoLC)fst01123706Underground literaturefast(OCoLC)fst01160944WarUnderground movementsfast(OCoLC)fst01355184Youthfast(OCoLC)fst01183341FranceHistoryGerman occupation, 1940-1945SourcesFrancefastHistory.fastPeriodicals.fastSources.fastSocialism and youthCommunismYouthWorld War, 1939-1945Underground literatureWorld War, 1939-1945Underground movementsCommunism.Socialism and youth.Underground literature.WarUnderground movements.Youth.Fédération des jeunesses communistes de France,Union de la jeunesse républicaine de France,JOURNAL9910301269303321exl_impl conversionL'avant-garde2584757UNINA