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Connie Eble

Slang And Sociability: In-Group Language Among College Students

in-group language among college students

The University of North Carolina Press (Apr 29, 1996)

9780807845844

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240 pages

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Dewey 427.973

LC Classification PE3727.S8 .E255 1996

LC Control No. 95047512

Subject

Americanisms
College Students - Language. - United States
College Students - Social Life And Customs. - United States
English Language - Slang. - United States
Group Identity - United States

Plot

Slang is often seen as a lesser form of language, one that is simply not as meaningful or important as its 'regular' counterpart. Connie Eble refutes this notion as she reveals the sources, poetry, symbolism, and subtlety of informal slang expressions.