Oxford Scholarship Online: A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries

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Subject: Linguistics Book Title: A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries

A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries Volume III: 1859-1936 Coleman, Julie, University of Leicester Print publication date: 2008 Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2009 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-954937-5 doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549375.001.0001
Abstract: This book provides a survey of dictionaries of slang and cant (the language of thieves and beggars) in the period 1859-1936. It covers Britain, American, Australia, India, and other countries then part of the British Empire. Dictionaries by Hotten and Farmer and Henley are covered in particular detail. By the end of the period, war, the Depression, and prohibition all played a vital role in determining what type of dictionaries were being produced. Keywords: language, slang, cant, British Empire, Hotten, Farmer, Henley, dictionaries Table of Contents Full Book Contents Preface Introduction One:. John Camden Hotten Two:. International Slang Dictionaries of the 1880s and 1890s Three:. Farmer and Henley's Slang and its Analogues Four:. Other British General Slang Dictionaries Five:. British School and University Glossaries Six:. Australian Slang Dictionaries Seven: Dictionaries of General American Slang Eight:. American School and University Glossaries Nine:. Dictionaries of First World War Slang Ten:. Dictionaries of Homelessness Eleven: Dictionaries of Crime Twelve:. Glossaries of the Entertainment Industries Thirteen:. Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549375.001.0001