Lexical Innovation: A study of slang, colloquialisms and casual speech
Karl Sornig
In addition to borrowing from various foreign sources, the main origins of slang terms are the activation and revitalization of existing morphological and lexical material. Metaphorical manipulation of lexical items, as the main device used for the production of slangisms, shows remarkable… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond, II:5] 1981. viii, 117 pp.
