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Genre/Form: | Dictionaries |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Eric Partridge; Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor |
ISBN: | 9780415619493 0415619491 9780415699488 0415699487 9780415699495 0415699495 |
OCLC Number: | 858846613 |
Notes: | Revised edition of: Dictionary of slang and unconventional English / by E. Partridge. 8th ed. 1984. "2013 new editorial matter and selection, Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor; material taken from The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition (first published 1984), E. Partridge and P. Beale estates"--Title page verso. |
Description: | 2 volumes (xix, 2,506 pages) ; 26 cm |
Contents: | V. 1. A-I -- v. 2. J-Z. |
Other Titles: | Dictionary of slang and unconventional English |
Responsibility: | edited by Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor. |
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Praise for the first edition: 'A veritable Madame Tussaud's of the vulgar language. It is a really epoch-making, monumental piece of work, carried out with astonishing industry and learning.' - New Statesman'Most slang dictionaries are no better than momgrams or a rub of the brush, put together by shmegegges looking to make some moola. [The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English] is the wee babes. At more than 2,000 pages it's mondo and pretty authoritative, including entries not only from the United Kingdom and America but also from Australia, New Zealand, India and the Caribbean. Who's the daddy?!' - Guardian'One of the many benefits of owning the two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, is that you can dip in just about anywhere and enjoy the exuberant, endless display of human inventiveness with language.' - BOOKFORUM'The grandfather of twentieth-century slang books' The New Yorker, May 14, 2012Praise for the second edition:'The Partridge canon is certainly a well-used reference work here at the British Library: invaluable in documenting developments in English slang while supporting the day-to-day curatorial activity of describing, transcribing and interpreting the Library's sound recordings of vernacular speech. Linguistic researchers and devotees of the English Language will, I suspect, appreciate greatly the developments in context and presentation in this latest edition of the dictionary... I am sure the Partridge brand will continue to evolve and be rightly revered for years to come.' - English Today Read more...