Slang across Societies: Motivations and Construction

by Jim Davie

Slang Across Societies is an introductory reference work and textbook which aims to acquaint readers with key themes in the study of youth, criminal and colloquial language practices.

Focusing on key questions such as speaker identity and motivations, perceptions of use and users, language variation, and attendant linguistic manipulations, the book identifies and discusses more than 20 in-group and colloquial varieties from no fewer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138558826
• ISBN13: 9781138558823
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"