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Routledge Slang across Societies: Motivations and Construction - Routledge

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Slang Across Societies is an introductory reference work and textbook designed for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying youth, criminal, and colloquial language practices. This comprehensive guide examines key questions including speaker identity, motivations for slang use, perceptions of users, and linguistic variations across cultures. The book identifies and discusses more than 20 in-group and colloquial varieties from no fewer than 16 different societies worldwide, offering readers a global perspective on how language communities develop distinct communication styles. Ideal for students in slang studies, lexicology, lexicography, and sociolinguistics, this Routledge publication provides detailed analysis of the linguistic manipulations and social factors that shape informal speech patterns.

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Covers more than 20 in-group and colloquial varieties from 16 different societies, providing extensive international examples of slang usage.

Examines speaker identity and motivations, helping readers understand why different communities develop and use distinct slang terms.

Addresses language variation and linguistic manipulations across cultures, showing how slang differs between regions and social groups.

Designed as both an introductory reference work and textbook, suitable for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate level study.

Focuses on key themes in youth, criminal, and colloquial language practices, offering practical insights for lexicology and sociolinguistics research.

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Release Date
04 September 2018
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