LEADER 02530nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910465384203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-58894-3 010 $a9786613901392 010 $a0-19-804294-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000092803 035 $a(EBL)1019507 035 $a(OCoLC)809539122 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711828 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12307456 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711828 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10710378 035 $a(PQKB)10536297 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1019507 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1019507 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10597107 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390139 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000092803 100 $a20080702d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSlang$b[electronic resource] $ethe people's poetry /$fMichael Adams 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-531463-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"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. 330 $aSlang, 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 606 $aEnglish language$xSlang 606 $aEnglish language$xJargon 606 $aRhyming slang 606 $aPoetry 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish language$xSlang. 615 0$aEnglish language$xJargon. 615 0$aRhyming slang. 615 0$aPoetry. 676 $a427.973 700 $aAdams$b Michael$f1961-$0912930 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465384203321 996 $aSlang$92044723 997 $aUNINA