Word's out [[electronic resource] ] : gay men's English / / William L. Leap |
Autore | Leap William |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press, c1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
Disciplina |
427.973086642
427/.973/086642 |
Soggetto topico |
Americanisms
English language - Social aspects - United States English language - United States - Slang Gay men - United States - Language |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8166-8507-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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
Conclusion: Gay English, Authenticity, and Performative EffectNotes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457374003321 |
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Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press, c1996 | ||
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Word's out : gay men's English / / William L. Leap |
Autore | Leap William |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 180 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina |
427.973086642
427/.973/086642 |
Soggetto topico |
Americanisms
English language - Social aspects - United States English language - United States - Slang Gay men - United States - Language |
ISBN | 0-8166-8507-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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
Conclusion: Gay English, Authenticity, and Performative Effect; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784383103321 |
Leap William
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Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1996 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Word's out : gay men's English / / William L. Leap |
Autore | Leap William |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 180 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina |
427.973086642
427/.973/086642 |
Soggetto topico |
Americanisms
English language - Social aspects - United States English language - United States - Slang Gay men - United States - Language |
ISBN | 0-8166-8507-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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
Conclusion: Gay English, Authenticity, and Performative Effect; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808599303321 |
Leap William
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Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1996 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The world of words : an introduction to language in general and to English and American in particular / / Eric Partridge |
Autore | Partridge Eric <1894-1979., > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 354 pages) |
Disciplina | 401 |
Collana | Routledge revivals |
Soggetto topico |
Language and languages
English language - History English language - Etymology Americanisms |
ISBN |
1-138-90444-9
1-315-69632-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Families of languages -- 2. The English language -- 3. The American language -- 4. How words begin -- 5. Why words get new meanings and why languages change -- 6. Why some words live, some die; fashions in words -- 7. English : good; bad; and worse -- 8. What grammar is : and why -- 9. The fun of word history. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463486903321 |
Partridge Eric <1894-1979., >
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The world of words : an introduction to language in general and to English and American in particular / / Eric Partridge |
Autore | Partridge Eric <1894-1979., > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 354 pages) |
Disciplina | 401 |
Collana | Routledge revivals |
Soggetto topico |
Language and languages
English language - History English language - Etymology Americanisms |
ISBN |
1-317-44558-9
1-138-90444-9 1-315-69632-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Families of languages -- 2. The English language -- 3. The American language -- 4. How words begin -- 5. Why words get new meanings and why languages change -- 6. Why some words live, some die; fashions in words -- 7. English : good; bad; and worse -- 8. What grammar is : and why -- 9. The fun of word history. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788127803321 |
Partridge Eric <1894-1979., >
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The world of words : an introduction to language in general and to English and American in particular / / Eric Partridge |
Autore | Partridge Eric <1894-1979., > |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 354 pages) |
Disciplina | 401 |
Collana | Routledge revivals |
Soggetto topico |
Language and languages
English language - History English language - Etymology Americanisms |
ISBN |
1-317-44558-9
1-138-90444-9 1-315-69632-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Families of languages -- 2. The English language -- 3. The American language -- 4. How words begin -- 5. Why words get new meanings and why languages change -- 6. Why some words live, some die; fashions in words -- 7. English : good; bad; and worse -- 8. What grammar is : and why -- 9. The fun of word history. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815217603321 |
Partridge Eric <1894-1979., >
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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