The Language of Thieves and Vagabonds

by Maurizio Gotti

The object of the volume is the analysis of the main dictionaries and glossaries of the canting language (the particular jargon spoken by thieves and vagabonds) that appeared in the 17th and 18th centuries. The scholars' attention has mostly concentrated on the earliest publications - particulary those appearing in the Elizabethan period -, while relatively little research has investigated subsequent canting dictionaries and glossaries. The aim...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3484309946
• ISBN13: 9783484309944
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary