Slang and Cant in Jerome K. Jerome's Works
By Olof E. Bosson
Length1h 29m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "The object of this essay is to examine vulgarism and slang in the works of Jerome K. Jerome (b. 1859). Jerome gives us very good specimens of the ordinary language of the Victorian era. His style is not surprisingly original, but he shows a remarkable talent in rendering with perfect accuracy the characteristic talk of different classes of society. The persons he introduces to us need only utter a few words, before we are able to form a conception of their social position, their degree of culture, etc.; very often we get in this manner a clue also to their character. The author has led an exceptionally varied life—in his early years he was at different times a clerk, a teacher, an actor, a journalist. He had, accordingly, frequent opportunities of communicating with individuals of different social position and different culture, and of studying their language. He does not aim at grammatical peculiarities, elaborate phrases, or rare expressions; his language is the average language of his own time, acutely observed and faithfully rendered. Giving us thus a true and varied image of the talk of different[6] classes and trades, his writings are specially suited to form the material for a study of slang and cant."
Audiobook details
GenreHumor
Length1 hr 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 3, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface.
2Introduction.
3A GRAMMATICAL SURVEY
4SLANG
5SLANG > COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH
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6VULGARISM OR CANT
7VULGARISM > COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH
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