Publications
Publication details [#46777]
Gotti, Maurizio. 1999. The Language of Thieves and Vagabonds. 17th and 18th Century Canting Lexicography in England. (Lexicographica. Series Maior / Supplementbände zum Internationalen Jahrbuch für Lexikographie 94). De Gruyter. VI+159 pp. 
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Annotation
This volume sets out to explore the main dictionaries and glossaries of the canting language, i.e. the specific jargon of thieves and vagabonds, that emerged in the 17th and 18th centuries.