LEADER 02841nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910784383103321 005 20230914171148.0 010 $a0-8166-8507-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000347188 035 $a(EBL)310349 035 $a(OCoLC)614486166 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000285702 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11227940 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285702 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10278133 035 $a(PQKB)10349294 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310349 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse40088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310349 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10151138 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523208 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000347188 100 $a19950810h19961996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWord's out $egay men's English /$fWilliam L. Leap 210 $aMinneapolis :$cUniversity of Minnesota Press,$d1996. 210 4$aŠ1996 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 180 pages) $cillustrations 311 0 $a0-8166-2253-1 311 0 $a0-8166-2252-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aConclusion: Gay English, Authenticity, and Performative Effect; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aDo 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. 606 $aAmericanisms 606 $aEnglish language$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aEnglish language$zUnited States$xSlang 606 $aGay men$zUnited States$xLanguage 615 0$aAmericanisms. 615 0$aEnglish language$xSocial aspects 615 0$aEnglish language$xSlang. 615 0$aGay men$xLanguage. 676 $a427.973086642 676 $a427/.973/086642 700 $aLeap$b William$0943410 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784383103321 996 $aWord's out$93854868 997 $aUNINA