Slang and socialility : in-group language among college students /

In Slang & Sociability, Eble explores the words and phrases that American college students use casually among themselves. Based on more than 10,000 examples submitted by Eble's students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill over the last twenty years, the book shows that slang...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Eble, Connie C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
Subjects:
College students > United States > Language.
College students > United States > Social life and customs.
English language > United States > Slang.
Group identity > United States.
Americanisms.
Étudiants > États-Unis > Langage.
Étudiants > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis > Argot.
Identité collective > États-Unis.
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis > Idiotismes.
Americanisms
College students > Language
College students > Social life and customs
English language > Slang
Group identity
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Definition
  • 2. Form
  • 3. Meaning
  • 4. Borrowing and Allusion
  • 5. Use
  • 6. Effects
  • 7. Culture
  • Appendix 1. The Top Forty in Slang
  • Appendix 2. Slang Items with at Least One Synonym
  • Appendix 3. Some American College Slang circa 1900
  • Select Glossary of Student Slang.

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