A Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English based on A dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge

Paul Beale (Editor), Eric und Paul Beale:

ISBN 10: 3468490178 / ISBN 13: 9783468490170

Published by Berlin / München / Wien / Zürich / New York, Lange, 1989

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534 S. B649-100 9783468490170 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1202.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English based on A dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge
• Publisher: Berlin / München / Wien / Zürich / New York, Lange
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3468490178
• ISBN 13: 9783468490170
• Binding: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Edition: [2. Aufl.].
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 1202 grams
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Synopsis

The English language is in a state of perpetual change and Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and unconventional English presents a snapshot of its state into the nineties. In this concise edition, Paul Beale continues the tradition begun in Eric Partridge's A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, while making it particularly relevant to our understanding of the language of the present day. More than 1500 new terms have been added - coinages of the 1980s that had not yet come to light when the unabridged edition last went to press in 1983. Like its parent volume, the concise edition provides a account of the vivid, racy, and informative elements of our language, documenting the living history of English and social history of the twentieth century.