LEADER 02545nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910791904703321 005 20230703084715.0 010 $a0-19-772241-5 010 $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(Au-PeEL)EBL1019507 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10597107 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390139 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1019507 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000092803 100 $a20080702d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSlang $ethe people's poetry /$fMichael Adams 210 `$aOxford ;$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d[2009] 215 $a1 online resource (257 pages) 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 $aPoetry 615 0$aEnglish language$xSlang. 615 0$aEnglish language$xJargon. 615 0$aRhyming slang. 615 0$aPoetry. 676 $a427.973 700 $aAdams$b Michael$f1961-$01502412 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791904703321 996 $aSlang$93760704 997 $aUNINA