Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary - Softcover

Calt, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252076605 ISBN 13: 9780252076602

Verlag: Combined Academic Publ., 2009

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Book by Calt Stephen

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"A treat for anyone who loves language, and who sees it as a living, breathing entity."--PopMatters "A very useful and mamlishly good book."--Juke Blues "A fascinating and entertaining read."--All About Jazz "An impeccably scholarly, irresistibly readable guide to the language heard on the recordings of the great blues singers who were active in the first half of the 20th century."--Wall Street Journal

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• Verlag: Combined Academic Publ.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0252076605
• ISBN 13: 9780252076602
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320