Liverpool English Dictionary - A Record of the Language of Liverpool 1850-2015

From 'Abbadabba' to 'Z-Cars', this remarkable dictionary records the rich vocabulary that has evolved over the past century and a half, as part of the complex, stratified, multi-faceted and changing culture of Liverpool. The roots/routes, meanings and histories of the words of Liverpool are presented in a concise, clear and accessible format.

A propos de l'auteur

Tony Crowley is Professor of English at the University of Leeds. Born and bred in Liverpool, he has taught at Oxford, Southampton and Manchester universities. He was the Hartley Burr Alexander Chair of the Humanities at Scripps College, California (2005-13), and is a Fellow of the English Association. His previous books include The Liverpool English Dictionary (Liverpool University Press, 2017), Scouse: A Social and Cultural History (Liverpool University Press, 2012), Wars of Words: The Politics of Language in Ireland 1537-2005 (Oxford University Press, 2005) and The Politics of Language: The Standard Language Question in Cultural Debates (Palgrave, 2003).

Résumé

From 'Abbadabba' to 'Z-Cars', this remarkable dictionary records the rich vocabulary that has evolved over the past century and a half, as part of the complex, stratified, multi-faceted and changing culture of Liverpool. The roots/routes, meanings and histories of the words of Liverpool are presented in a concise, clear and accessible format.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Tony Crowley, Tony (The School of English Crowley
• Edition: Liverpool University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781786940612
• ISBN: 978-1-78694-061-2
• Pages: 280
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Dictionnaire, ouvrages de référence > Dictionnaires de langues étrangères; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée; Historische und vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Soziolinguistik