Format:
Online-Ressource (VI, 159 S.)
ISBN:
9783110924404
Series Statement:
Lexicographica. Series Maior 94
Content:
The volume analyses the main dictionaries and glossaries of the particular jargon spoken by thieves and vagabonds that appeared in the 17th and 18th centuries. The main works on canting published in those centuries are analysed in chapters 3 to 10: the specific features of each publication are identified, as well as the method adopted by its author and the most likely sources of its entries, in order to determine the degree of novelty and relevance that his contribution has brought to this field. The first two chapters provide a necessary introduction to the investigation carried out in the subsequent sections. The final chapter deals with the evolution in the meaning of the term 'cant' itself in the period taken into consideration.
Note:
In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783484309944
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gotti, Maurizio, 1949 - The language of thieves and vagabonds Tübingen : Niemeyer, 1999 ISBN 3484309946
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Englisch
;
Gaunersprache
;
Lexikografie
;
Geschichte 1676-1785
DOI:
10.1515/9783110924404
URL:
Volltext
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Author information:
Gotti, Maurizio 1949-
