02646nam 2200661 a 450 991096311550332120251116232759.00-19-772241-51-283-58894-397866139013920-19-804294-9(CKB)2560000000092803(EBL)1019507(OCoLC)809539122(SSID)ssj0000711828(PQKBManifestationID)12307456(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711828(PQKBWorkID)10710378(PQKB)10536297(Au-PeEL)EBL1019507(CaPaEBR)ebr10597107(CaONFJC)MIL390139(MiAaPQ)EBC1019507(MiAaPQ)EBC7037576(Au-PeEL)EBL7037576(OCoLC)1336404417(EXLCZ)99256000000009280320080702d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSlang the people's poetry /Michael AdamsOxford ;New York :Oxford University Press,[2009]1 online resource (257 pages)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 slangPoetryEnglish languageSlang.English languageJargon.Rhyming slang.Poetry.427.973Adams Michael1961-1610182MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963115503321Slang4464818UNINA