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In this study, the author explores the words and phrases that American college students use casually among themselves. The book shows that slang is a dynamic vocabulary that cannot be dismissed as deviant or marginal. Included is a glossary of over 1000 slang words and 40 of the most enduring.

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Slang and Sociability by Connie Eble

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 |In this updated edition of his balanced and concise look at the still-controversial decision to use atomic bombs against Japan, Walker takes into account more recent scholarship on the topic, including new findings on the Japanese decision to surrender.
Connie Eble, professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is author of College Slang 101.
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ISBN 13 9780807845844
ISBN 10 0807845841
Title Slang and Sociability
Author Connie Eble
Condition Non disponible
Binding type Paperback
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Year published 1996-04-30
Number of pages 240
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