A Dictionary of English Rhyming Slangs

The Dictionary of English Rhyming Slangs is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of rhyming slangs in the anglophone world. With a scope ranging from the 1830s to the current decade, this prodigious collection of over 9,000 headwords reveals the dialects and diverse forms of discourse where this engaging and surprising subset of lexis thrives. Multiple senses are listed chronologically; etymologies, commentaries and citations support each usage.

About the author

Antonio Lillo, University of Alicante, Spain; Terry Victor, Caerwent, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Antoni Lillo, Antonio Lillo, Terry Victor
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.08.2017
• EAN: 9783110529289
• ISBN: 978-3-11-052928-9
• No. of pages: 1358
• Dimensions: 183 mm x 243 mm x 66 mm
• Weight: 2012 g
• Series: Topics in English Linguistics; Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]; Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]; Topics in English Linguistics; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies