LEADER 04069oam 2200649I 450 001 9910786772003321 005 20230124191152.0 010 $a1-317-66186-9 010 $a1-315-76691-4 010 $a1-317-66187-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315766911 035 $a(CKB)3710000000204363 035 $a(EBL)1753276 035 $a(OCoLC)885123118 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001289950 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12517202 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001289950 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11233662 035 $a(PQKB)10793722 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1753276 035 $a(OCoLC)897456745 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000204363 100 $a20180706d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVietnam war slang $ea dictionary on historical principles /$fTom Dalzell 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (184 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-83941-6 311 $a0-415-83940-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Structure of the entries; Preface; Entries A-Z; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Numeric slang; Bibliography 330 $a"In 2014, the US marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the basis for the Johnson administration's escalation of American military involvement in Southeast Asia and war against North Vietnam. Vietnam War Slang outlines the context behind the slang used by members of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Troops facing and inflicting death display a high degree of linguistic creativity. Vietnam was the last American war fought by an army with conscripts, and their involuntary participation in the war added a dimension to the language. War has always been an incubator for slang; it is brutal, and brutality demands a vocabulary to describe what we don't encounter in peacetime civilian life. Furthermore, such language serves to create an intense bond between comrades in the armed forces. The troops in Vietnam faced the usual demands of war, as well as several that were unique to Vietnam - a murky political basis for the war, widespread corruption in the ruling government, untraditional guerilla warfare, an unpredictable civilian population in Vietnam, and a growing lack of popular support for the war back in the US. For all these reasons, the language of those who fought in Vietnam was a vivid reflection of life in wartime. Vietnam War Slang lays out the definitive record of the lexicon of Americans who fought in the Vietnam War. Assuming no prior knowledge, it presents around 2000 headwords, with each entry divided into sections giving parts of speech, definitions, glosses, the countries of origin, dates of earliest known citations, and citations. It will be an essential resource for Vietnam veterans and their families, students and readers of history, and anyone interested in the principles underpinning the development of slang"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$xLanguage$vDictionaries 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xLanguage$vDictionaries 606 $aMilitary art and science$zUnited States$vDictionaries 606 $aEnglish language$zUnited States$xSlang$vDictionaries 606 $aAmericanisms$vDictionaries 607 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military$y20th century$vDictionaries 615 0$aSoldiers$xLanguage 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xLanguage 615 0$aMilitary art and science 615 0$aEnglish language$xSlang 615 0$aAmericanisms 676 $a427/.973 686 $aLAN000000$2bisacsh 700 $aDalzell$b Tom$f1951-,$01238570 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786772003321 996 $aVietnam war slang$93733100 997 $aUNINA