A Dictionary of the Underworld

British and American
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-90446-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 904 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1452 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals: The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Partridge, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Abreviations and Principal Short References; Signs and a Note on Arrangement; A dictionary of the Underworld; Addenda