{"product_id":"a-history-of-cant-and-slang-dictionaries-volume-ii-1785-1858-hardcover","title":"A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume II: 1785-1858 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulie Coleman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second volume of Julie Coleman's entertaining and revealing history of the recording and uses of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858, and explores their manifestations in the United States of America and Australia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring this period glossaries of cant were thrown into the shade by dictionaries of slang, which now covered a broad spectrum of non-standard English, including the language of thieves. Julie Coleman shows how Francis Grose's \u003cem\u003eDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue\u003c\/em\u003e revolutionized the lexicography of the underworld. She explores the compilation and content of the earliest Australian and American slang glossaries, whose authors included the thrice-transported James Hardy Vaux and the legendary George Matsell, New York City's first chief of police, whose \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Language of Crime: The Rogue's Lexicon\u003c\/em\u003e informed the script of Martin Scorcese's film \u003cem\u003eGangs of New York\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCant represented a tangible danger to life and property, but slang threatened to undermine good behaviour and social morality. Julie Coleman shows how and why they were at once repellent and seductive. Her fascinating account casts fresh light on language and life in some of the darker regions of Great Britain and the English-speaking world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulie Coleman is Reader in English at the University of Leicester and founder of the International Society for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology. Her research interests lie in the history of the English language, particularly the history of the lexis. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eA Thesaurus of Love, Sex, and Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e (Rodopi 1999). The first two volumes of her history of cant and slang dictionaries, on the periods 1567-1784 and 1785-1858, were published by OUP in 2004. A third volume is being published in 2008 and a fourth volume, taking the history to 1984, is in preparation. She is the joint editor with Anne McDermott of \u003cem\u003eHistorical Lexicography and Lexicology: Papers from the first ICHLL\u003c\/em\u003e, which is to be published by Niemeyer in Tübingen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9.48 x 6.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42038987030608,"sku":"9780199254705","price":176.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/RS9nYWRvaWpjdEhqQmxVQStHWkVtZz09.webp?v=1771841239","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/a-history-of-cant-and-slang-dictionaries-volume-ii-1785-1858-hardcover","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}