Slang and Sociability: In-Group Language Among College Students

by Connie Eble

Book Overview

Slang is often seen as a lesser form of language, one that is simply not as meaningful or important as its 'regular' counterpart. Connie Eble refutes this notion as she reveals the sources, poetry, symbolism, and subtlety of informal slang expressions. In Slang and Sociability, Eble explores the words and phrases that American college students use casually among themselves. Based on more than 10,000 examples submitted by Eble's students at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807845841
• ISBN13: 9780807845844
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 9.2"