Date: 15-Dec-2008 From: Elyse Turr <elyse.turroup.com> Subject: A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries (Vol I): Coleman E-mail this message to a friend
Title: A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries (Vol I)
Subtitle: Volume I: 1567-1784
Published: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This is the first volume in a complete history of the documentation of English cant and slang from 1567 to the present. It gives unparalleled insights into the early history of slang, the people who used it, and how and why it was recorded. It also provides unusual and unexpected insights into the underworlds of early modern England.