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Slang: The People's Poetry, Adams, Michael, Used; Very Good Book

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Condition: Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ... Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

Book Title: Slang: The People's Poetry

ISBN: 9780195314632

EAN: 9780195314632

Publication Year: 2009

Type: Study Guide

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publication Name: Slang: the People's Poetry

Item Height: 215mm

Author: Michael Adams

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Item Width: 143mm

Subject: Languages

Item Weight: 403g

Number of Pages: 256 Pages

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Slang, writes Michael Adams, is poetry on the down low, and sometimes lowdown poetry on the down low, but rarely, if ever, merely lowdown. It is the poetry of everyday speech, the people's poetry, and it deserves attention as language playing on the cusp of art. In Slang: The People's Poetry, Adams covers this perennially interesting subject in a serious but highly engaging way, illuminating the fundamental question What is Slang and defending slang--and all forms of nonstandard English--as integral parts of the American language. Why is an expression like bed head lost in a lexical limbo, found neither in slang nor standard dictionaries? Why are snow-boarding terms such as fakie, goofy foot, ollie and nollie not considered slang? As he addresses these and other lexical curiosities, Adams reveals that slang is used in part to define groups, distinguishing those who are down with it from those who are out of it. Slang is also a rebellion against the mainstream. It often irritates those who color within the lines--indeed, slang is meant to irritate, sometimes even to shock. But slang is also inventive language, both fun to make and fun to use. Rather than complain about slang as bad language, Adams urges us to celebrate slang's playful resistance to the commonplace and to see it as the expression of an innate human capacity, not only for language, but for poetry.

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Oxford University Press

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9780195314632

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Michael Adams

Publication Name

Slang: the People's Poetry

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Hardcover

Language

English

Subject

Languages

Publication Year

2009

Type

Study Guide

Number of Pages

256 Pages

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Item Height

215mm

Item Width

143mm

Item Weight

403g

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Michael Adams

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United States

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