02841nam 2200637Ia 450 991078438310332120230914171148.00-8166-8507-X(CKB)1000000000347188(EBL)310349(OCoLC)614486166(SSID)ssj0000285702(PQKBManifestationID)11227940(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285702(PQKBWorkID)10278133(PQKB)10349294(MiAaPQ)EBC310349(MdBmJHUP)muse40088(Au-PeEL)EBL310349(CaPaEBR)ebr10151138(CaONFJC)MIL523208(EXLCZ)99100000000034718819950810h19961996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWord's out gay men's English /William L. LeapMinneapolis :University of Minnesota Press,1996.©19961 online resource (xxii, 180 pages) illustrations0-8166-2253-1 0-8166-2252-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AIDSConclusion: Gay English, Authenticity, and Performative Effect; Notes; Bibliography; IndexDo 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.AmericanismsEnglish languageSocial aspectsUnited StatesEnglish languageUnited StatesSlangGay menUnited StatesLanguageAmericanisms.English languageSocial aspectsEnglish languageSlang.Gay menLanguage.427.973086642427/.973/086642Leap William943410MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784383103321Word's out3854868UNINA