Slang [electronic resource] : the people's poetry / Michael Adams.
By: Adams, Michael.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc
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Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Description: xv, 238 p.Subject(s): English language -- Slang | English language -- Jargon | Rhyming slang | PoetryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
"What it is?": the essentials of slang -- Fitting in: social dynamics of slang -- Standing out: aesthetic dimensions of slang -- It's all in your head: cognitive aspects of slang.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.