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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (Dictionary of Slang and Unconvetional English) (Paperback)

by Eric Partridge (Author), Paul Beale (Editor)

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Paperback: 1432 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 8 edition (3 Oct 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0415291895
ISBN-13: 978-0415291897
Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 19.4 x 8.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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'Eric was a human lexicographer, like Samuel Johnson. He was a philologist rather than a linguist. He knew what Chomsky was doing and what had happened to phonology in Prague, but he eschewed the strict scientific approach. Linguistics is scared of semantics and prefers to concentrate on structures, leaving the study of the meaning of words to anthropologists - or, perhaps with misgivings, to Johnsonian word-lovers like Eric Partridge.' - Anthony Burgess

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The definitive work on the subject, this Dictionary - available again in its eighth edition - gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all language-lovers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Every slang term you could have heard and more, 18 Jul 2000

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Brilliant. I think it must have just about every slang term going in there somewhere. If you're curious as to the meaning of a certain slang term or even want to know its origin (country, time period, etc.) then this is the book for you.

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