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Title: AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF "THE PRINCES OF JARGON" BY ALICE BECKER-HO
A NEGLECTED FACTOR AT THE ORIGINS OF DANGEROUS-CLASS SLANG
By: Alice Becker-Ho, John McHale (Trans)
Format: Hardback

List price: £84.95


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ISBN 10: 0773463046
ISBN 13: 9780773463042
Publisher: THE EDWIN MELLEN PRESS LTD
Series: Studies in French Literature No. 75
Pages: 173
Description: This groundbreaking comparative study of dangerous-class slangs in use across ten countries, from Europe to the Americas, brings to light the common influences that have helped to shape them over the last five hundred years. (Facing French and English translation)
Synopsis: This groundbreaking comparative study of dangerous-class slangs in use across ten countries, from Europe to the Americas, brings to light the common influences that have helped to shape them over the last five hundred years. (Facing French and English translation)
Publication: US
Imprint: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Returns: Non-returnable
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