Slang across Societies

<p><em>Slang Across Societies</em> is an introductory reference work and textbook which aims to acquaint readers with key themes in the study of youth criminal and colloquial language practices. </p><p>Focusing on key questions such as speaker identity and motivations perceptions of use and users language variation and attendant linguistic manipulations the book identifies and discusses more than 20 in-group and colloquial varieties from no fewer than 16 different societies worldwide. </p><p>Suitable for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students working in areas of slang lexicology lexicography sociolinguistics and youth studies <i>Slang Across Societies </i>brings together extensive research on youth criminal and colloquial language from different parts of the world.</p>