基本説明
In the fourth volume of her pioneering history, Julie Coleman consider the trends of lexicographers in a period dominated by the Second World War, the Cold War, various civil rights movements, and numerous youth trends.
Full Description
The starting date of the fourth volume of Julie Coleman's pioneering history marks the appearance of the most influential slang dictionary of the twentieth century, Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, produced at a time when the Depression had broken down traditional working-class communities; the United States was a still-reluctant world power; and another world war was inevitable. If the First World War unsettled combatants' minds, the second unsettled society. It challenged values around the world and, as the author shows, offered new opportunities for vibrant self-expression. Lexicographers recorded a rich harvest of words and phrases from around the world, reflecting new-found freedoms from convention, increased social mobility, and the continued rise of the mass media. Julie Coleman's account ranges across the English-speaking world. It will fascinate all those interested in slang and its reflections of social and cultural change.
Contents
Introduction ; 1. Eric partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English ; 2. Dictionaries of Military Slang ; 3. Dictionaries of British Slang ; 4. Legacies of Empire and Declarations of Independence: Dictionaries of the Slang of Newer Nations ; 5. Dictionaries of American Slang ; 6. Glossaries of School and College Slang ; 7. Dictionaries of Race and Music ; 8. Dictionaries of Youth ; 9. Glossaries of Sexuality ; 10. Dictionaries of Drugs Slang ; 11. Dictionaries of Crime and Incarceration ; 12. Dictionaries of new Technologies: Citizens' Band Radio and Computers ; 13. Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Subject Index ; Word Index
