Connie Eble

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Slang and Sociability: In-Group Language Among College StudentsPaperback, 29 April 1996

Slang and Sociability: In-Group Language Among College Students
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Part of Series
Oxford-Westminster Critical Studies
Print Length
240 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Date Published
29 Apr 1996
ISBN-10
0807845841
ISBN-13
9780807845844

Description

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. In Slang and 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 is dynamic vocabulary that cannot be dismissed as deviant or marginal. Like more formal words and phrases, slang is created, modified, and transmitted by its users to serve their own purposes. In the case of college students, these purposes include cementing group identity and opposing authority. The book includes a glossary of the more than 1,000 slang words and phrases discussed in the text, as well as a list of the 40 most enduring terms since 1972. Examples from the glossary: group gropes -- encounter groups squirrel kisser -- environmentalist Goth -- student who dresses in black and listens to avant-garde music bad bongos -- situation in which things do not go well triangle -- person who is stupid or not up on the latest za -- pizza smoke -- to perform well dead soldier -- empty beer container toast -- in big trouble, the victim of misfortune parental units -- parents

Product Details

Author:
Connie Eble
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
29 April 1996
Dimensions:
23.47 x 14.1 x 1.63 cm
ISBN-10:
0807845841
ISBN-13:
9780807845844
Language:
English
Location:
Chapel Hill
Pages:
240
Weight:
331.12 gm

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