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Slang And Sociability: In-Group Language Among College Students
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
| Paperback
240 pages
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.