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Studs, Tools, and the Family Jewels
Looking at the sexual metaphors that are so pervasive in American culture, such as: "jock"; "tool"; "shooting blanks"; and "gang bang", this work argues that men are trapped and …
Grammatical Variation in British English Dialects
Variation within the English language is a vast research area, of which dialectology, the study of geographic variation, is a significant part. This book explores grammatical …
Grammatical Relations in a Radical Creole
With English and Portuguese as parent languages; the significant lexical retention of African languages; and the relative isolation of its speakers, Saramaccan has always stood out …
Die Geschichte der plattdeutschen Sprache
Upschnappt! Plattdeutsche Geschichten
Speaking American
When did English become American? What distinctive qualities made it American? What role have America's democratizing impulses, and its vibrantly heterogeneous speakers, played in …
Sounds & Furies
'In terms of a non-fiction account of how historical and contemporary language has been shaped by women, I really recommend lexicographer Jonathon Green's Sounds and Furies'ELEY …
Immigrant Englishes Around the World
Immigrant Englishes Around the World is a collection that explores the varieties of English that emerge when speakers whose native languages are not English immigrate to an …
Die Herzenswörter der Österreicher
Vom 16er Blech zum ZwutschgerlKennen Sie Tschopperl, a Eitrige mit an Bugl, Lapperl oder speanzeln? Und wenn Sie schon immer wissen wollten, was Staudnhucka, Hümmlkuisal, gluarn …
Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men
Polari is a secret form of language mainly used by homosexual men in London and other cities during the twentieth century. Derived in part from the slang lexicons of numerous …
Manual of modern Scots
Originally published in 1921, this book was intended for non-Scottish students of Scottish literature as a guide for recitation and declamation of Scottish pieces. The text is …