Dialect, Slang & Jargon
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What They Didn''t Teach You in German Class: Slang Phrases for the Cafe, Club, Bar, Bedroom, Ball Game and More
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The Sociopragmatics of Attitude Datives in Levantine Arabic
Youssef A. HaddadCurrent price €77.42Original price €88.99Examines the social functions of attitude dative pronouns in four Arabic dialects Analysing data from a variety of sources, including soap operas, ...
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The Wee Book of Irish Wit & Malarkey: A Rake of Clever Craic and Wisdom for Jackeens, Culchies and Eejits
Paul RyanCurrent price €11.69Original price €14.99The Irish mix wit and wisdom the way they do whiskey and water, and to the same intoxicating effect. Irish wit is an art form that can be sage, ...
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The Stories of Slang: Language at its most human
Jonathon GreenCurrent price €13.93Original price €16.99''If you''re up for an adventure through the back alleys of English, The Stories of Slang will not disappoint.'' Kory Stamper, Times Literary Suppl...
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Idle Thoughts & Other Stuff
Jack IdleCurrent price €11.61Original price €13.99The book is a collection of adapted humour inspired by other writers, interspersed with some original texts and a handful of philosophical views, m...
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Idle Thoughts & Other Stuff
Jack IdleCurrent price €19.08Original price €22.99The book is a collection of adapted humour inspired by other writers, interspersed with some original texts and a handful of philosophical views, m...
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The Singlish Controversy: Language, Culture and Identity in a Globalizing World
Lionel WeeCurrent price €102.59Original price €113.99Singlish is the colloquial variety of English spoken in Singapore. It has sparked much public debate, but so far the complex question of what Singl...
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The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699
B. E. GentCurrent price €15.19Original price €15.99Written originally for the education of the polite London classes in canting the language of thieves and ruffians should they be so unlucky as to...
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Jamaican Word Dictionary: & Short Stories About Language
Deeta S. JohnsonCurrent price €7.30Original price €8.90The Jamaican patois is spoken all over the world, wherever Jamaicans get together for a chat or a song. It contains elements of African languages, ...
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Dirty Korean: Everyday Slang from ''What''s Up?'' to ''F*%# Off''
Haewon Geebi BaekCurrent price €17.58Original price €18.50Current price €17.58Original price €18.50Save 5% -
Issues in Scottish Vowel Quantity
Slawomir ZdziebkoCurrent price €43.49Original price €49.99This book primarily provides a detailed description and interpretation of one of the most fascinating and poorly understood processes in English ac...
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Soldier Slang of the First World War
Emily BrewerCurrent price €14.39Original price €15.99An amazing number of the words we use today were invented in the First World War. They provide a unique insight into the experience of the war and ...
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The Written Questionnaire in Social Dialectology: History, theory, practice
Stefan DollingerCurrent price €34.79Original price €39.99Methods of linguistic data collection are among the most central aspects in empirical linguistics. While written questionnaires have only played a ...
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The Written Questionnaire in Social Dialectology: History, theory, practice
Stefan DollingerCurrent price €88.73Original price €101.99Methods of linguistic data collection are among the most central aspects in empirical linguistics. While written questionnaires have only played a ...
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How to Talk Teen: From Asshat to Zup, the Totes Awesome Dictionary of Teenage Slang
Mark LeighCurrent price €14.44Original price €16.99What's ILL in one place can be WACK in another, or the same word can actually have TOTES different meanings. It's CRAY CRAY! From KEWL girls hitti...
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Luath Scots Language Learner: An Introduction to Contemporary Spoken Scots
L.Colin WilsonCurrent price €20.89Original price €21.99This new edition of the Luath Scots Language Learner featuring updated information is suitable as an introductory course or for those interested in...
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Aussie Slang Dictionary: 13th Edition Revised
Lolla StewartCurrent price €9.95Original price €11.99Australians pride themselves on being easy-going and informal. Their vocabulary with its colour, humour and inventiveness reflects these qualities....
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Words and Descriptive Terms for Woman and Girl in French, Provencal, and Border Dialects
George C. S. AdamsCurrent price €28.29Original price €34.50Using W. Von Wartburg''s critical bibliography of dialect and patois as a key reference, this work brings together examples of words derived from L...
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Slang: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction
Jonathon GreenCurrent price €15.19Original price €15.99Slang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of noir fiction, teena...
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Dictionary of American Regional English: Volume V
Harvard University PressCurrent price €106.13Original price €121.99With this fifth volume of the Dictionary of American Regional English, readers now have the full panoply of American regional vocabulary, from Adam...
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