Word's Out: Gay Men's English

by William L. Leap

The first book-length analysis of the language used by gay men.

Do 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.

Whereas previous studies of "gay...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816622531
• ISBN13: 9780816622535
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Another Lavender Linguistics title

If you've read the essay on Gay Man's English in "Queerly Phrased" and you want to read more, then come here to the source. Mr. Leap contributed his essay on cooperative discourse to OUP for inclusion in that anthology, and the choice was most felicitous. Here, Mr. Leap further que(e)ries the subject and adds a great deal more depth and nuance. Highly recommended!