02843nam 2200637Ia 450 991080859930332120200520144314.00-8166-8507-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)99100000000034718819950810d1996 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWord's out gay men's English /William L. Leap1st ed.Minneapolis, Minn. University of Minnesota Pressc19961 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 William943410MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808599303321Word's out4056441UNINA