"Argot": historia documentada de un término en la lingüística española

Abstract

The paper studies the history of the term argot in the Spanish linguistic tradition. In the first place, the acceptance and propagation is being studied, as well as its treatment in some key works of 20th century Spanish linguistics. Authentic texts and examples are always in-cluded. The second part of the paper reflects the history of the term in the Spanish lexico-graphy, mainly in the academic one.