Strange vernaculars how eighteenth-century slang, cant, provincial languages, and nautical jargon became English
While eighteenth-century efforts to standardize the English language have long been studied--from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary to grammar and elocution books of the period--less well-known are the era's popular collections of odd slang, criminal argots, provincial dialects, and nautical jar...
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Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton University Press
[2017]
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