《SLANG TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY》

PART Ⅰ:GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS1

Ⅰ．SLANG:DEFINITION,ETYMOLOGY,SYNONYMS,RANGE1

Ⅱ．ORIGIN,USES,REASONS FOR USE;ATTITUDES TOWARDS SLANG4

Ⅲ．CHARACTERISTICS OF SLANG:IN RELATION TO LANGUAGE IN GENERAL10

Ⅳ．THE ESSENCE OF SLANG33

PART Ⅱ:A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH SLANG37

Ⅰ．INTRODUCTORY37

Ⅱ．THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY43

Ⅲ．THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY51

Ⅳ．THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY64

Ⅴ．THE NINETEENTH CENTURY80

Ⅵ．THE TWENTIETH CENTURY109

Ⅶ．SOME TENDENCIES OF THE PRESENT121

PAR2 Ⅲ:PARTICULAR ASPECTS129

Ⅰ．THE AFFILIATIONS OF SLANG129

Ⅱ．THE STANDARD AND NORM OF SLANG143

Ⅲ．KINDS OF SLANG OTHER THAN THE STANDARD148

A．Cockney149

B．Public House．159

C．Workmen．161

D．Tradesmen．163

E．Commerce．167

F．Publicity．172

G．Journalism．173

H．Literary Criticism．175

I．Publishing and Printing．179

J．The Law．184

K．Medicine．188

L．The Church．195

M．Parliament and Politics．198

N．Public Schools and Universities．202

O．Society．214

P．Art．221

Q．The Theatre．223

R．Sports and Games．231

S．The Turf．238

Epsom＇s Attic Salt．241

T．Circus Life．247

U．Sailors．249

V．Soldiers．252

W．Yiddish．264

X．Cant．266

Y．Miscellaneous．270

Ⅳ．ODDITIES273

Ⅴ．A GLANCE AT COLONIAL SLANG282

PART Ⅳ:AMERICAN SLANG295

Ⅰ．INTRODUCTORY295

Ⅱ．AFFILIATIONS305

Ⅲ．CHARACTERISTICS310

Ⅳ．THEORISTS321

Ⅴ．PRACTITIONERS329

PART Ⅴ:VOCABULARIES349

Ⅰ．ENGLISH349

Ⅱ．AUSTRALIAN414

Ⅲ．AMERICAN422

INDEX OF THEORISTS,EXPONENTS,AND THEMES469