Book Details
The entries in this handy guide have been selected with the special needs of nonnative speakers of English in mind and represent some of the most current general slang expressions used in the United States today.
Among the many features of Contemporary American Slangare the following:
- Each entry has at least two example sentences illustrating how slang expressions are used in natural American English.
- Usage restrictions and cautions are included where necessary.
- A cross-referencing system makes entries easy to locate, and shortened or abbreviated expressions are included alongside the full forms.
About the Author:Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., is a reference editor and former linguistics professor who has written more than 30 dictionaries.
- Binding Paperback
- Author/s Spears, Richard A.
- ISBN13 9780844251554
- ISBN10 0844251550
- Pages 233
- Published 1991
Contemporany American Slang
- Author Richard A. Spears
- Publisher NTC
- ISBN 9780844251554
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