02530nam 2200625 a 450 991046538420332120200520144314.01-283-58894-397866139013920-19-804294-9(CKB)2560000000092803(EBL)1019507(OCoLC)809539122(SSID)ssj0000711828(PQKBManifestationID)12307456(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711828(PQKBWorkID)10710378(PQKB)10536297(MiAaPQ)EBC1019507(Au-PeEL)EBL1019507(CaPaEBR)ebr10597107(CaONFJC)MIL390139(EXLCZ)99256000000009280320080702d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSlang[electronic resource] the people's poetry /Michael AdamsOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-531463-8 Includes bibliographical references and index."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.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 liEnglish languageSlangEnglish languageJargonRhyming slangPoetryElectronic books.English languageSlang.English languageJargon.Rhyming slang.Poetry.427.973Adams Michael1961-912930MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465384203321Slang2044723UNINA