Word's out

Word's out: gay men's English

by Leap, William

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Do gay men communicate with each other differently than they do with straight people? If they do, how is "gay men's English" different from "straight English"? In Word's Out, William Leap addresses these questions in an entertaining account that looks at gay men's English as a cultural and a linguistic phenomenon.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Word's out : gay men's English / William L. Leap.

Summary

Do gay men communicate with each other differently than they do with straight people? If they do, how is "gay men's English" different from "straight English"? In Word's Out, William Leap addresses these questions in an entertaining account that looks at gay men's English as a cultural and a linguistic phenomenon.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1996.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xxii, 180 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780816685073, 081668507X
  • oclc:ocn614486166
  • LC Classification:PE3727.G39
  • Dewey Decimal:427.973086642

Table of Contents

Examples; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Studying Gay Men's English; 1 Can There Be Gay Discourse without Gay Language?; 2 Gay English as Cooperative Discourse; 3 Ensuring Cooperative Discourse: Exaggeration, Turn Taking, Pauses, and Terminals; 4 The Risk Outside: Gay English, "Suspect Gays," and Heterosexuals; 5 Claiming Gay Space: Bathroom Graffiti, Songs about Cities, and "Queer" Reference; 6 Language, Risk, and Space in a Health Club Locker Room; 7 Gay English in a "Desert of Nothing": Language and Gay Socialization; 8 Gay English and the Language of AIDS.

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Subjects

Americanisms Anglais (langue) -- Argot. -- États-Unis Anglais (Langue) -- Idiotismes -- États… English language -- -Social aspects English language -- Slang English language -- Slang. -- United St… English language -- Social aspects -- U… Gay men -- Language Gay men -- Language. -- United States LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General United States

Writers

Leap, William

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