 | Word’s Out: Gay Men’s English Subjects: Gay men -- United States -- Language (New words slang etc.); English language -- Social aspects -- United States; English language -- United States -- Slang; Americanisms; Do gay men communicate with each other differently than they do with straight people? If they do, how is OC gay menOCOs EnglishOCO different from OC straight EnglishOCO? In WordOCOs Out, William Leap addresses these questions in an entertaining account that looks at gay menOCOs English as a cultural and a linguistic phenomenon." |
