Coleman Julie (ed.) Global English Slang: Methodologies and Perspectives

Routledge, 2014. — xi, 242 p. — ISBN: 978-1-315-85778-7.Global English Slang brings together nineteen key international experts and provides a timely and essential overview of English slang around the world today.The book illustrates the application of a range of different methodologies to the study of slang and demonstrates the interconnection between the different sub-fields of linguistics.A key argument throughout is that slang is a function played by specific words or phrases rather than a characteristic inherent in the words themselves- what is slang in one context is not slang in another. The volume also challenges received wisdom on the nature of slang: that it is short-lived and that slang is restricted to verbal language.With an introduction by editor Julie Coleman, the topics covered range from Inner City New York slang and Hip Hop Slang to UK student slang and slang in Scotland. Authors also explore slang in Jamaica, Australia, New Zealand, India and Hong Kong and the influence of English slang on Norwegian, Italian and Japanese. A final section looks at slang and new media including online slang usage, and the possibilities offered by the internet to document verbal and gestural slang.Global English Slang is an essential reference for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers working in the areas of lexicology, slang and World Englishes.Introduction: Understanding slang in a global context
Contemporary slang in the United States and England
Hip-hop slang
Inner-city slang of New York
American college student slang: University of North Carolina (2005–12)
Slang used by students at the University of Leicester (2004–11)
Multicultural London English: the new ‘youthspeak’
The new canting crew
Slang in other English-speaking countries
Australian slang
Slang in Godzone (Aotearoa–New Zealand)
Scottish slang
Jamaican slang
Indian English slang
English influence on the slang of other languages
English influence on Norwegian teenage slang
The influence of English slang on Italian
Some trends in Japanese slang
Slang and the internet
Slang in new media: a case study
Urban Dictionary and the documentation of contemporary slang
Gestural slang
Global English slang in the era of big data