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1 online resource (x, 228 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In Slang & 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 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill over the last twenty years, the book shows that slang is dynamic vocabulary that cannot be dismissed as deviant or marginal. Like more formal words and phrases, slang is created, modified, and transmitted by its users to serve their own purposes. In the case of college students, these purposes include cementing group identity and opposing authority. The book includes a glossary of the more than 1,000 words and phrases discussed in the text, as well as a list of the 40 most enduring terms since 1972. |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
College students -- United States -- Language.
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College students. |
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United States. |
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College students -- United States -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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English language -- United States -- Slang.
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English language. |
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Slang. |
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Group identity -- United States.
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Group identity. |
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Americanisms.
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Americanisms. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Slang and sociability |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Eble, Connie C. Slang & sociability. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1996 9780807845844 (DLC) 95047512 (OCoLC)33439843 |
| ISBN |
9781469610573 (electronic book) |
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1469610574 (electronic book) |
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0807822795 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807822791 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807845841 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807845844 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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