The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech
Allen, Irving Lewis
ISBN 10: 0195075919 ISBN 13: 9780195075915
Published by Oxford University Press, 1993
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Synopsis:
Irving Lewis Allen provides a history of the rise of New York as a metropolis and the accompanying slang that surrounded it. This book is both a lexicon of slang and a history of recent casual language.
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About the Author:
Irving Lewis Allen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included