Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ216269
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-May
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The Art of Gay Insulting.
Murray, Stephen O.
Anthropological Linguistics, v21 n5 p211-23 May 1979
Reports the study of ritual verbal insults among Black men and among gay men. Gives examples of these insults and explains the situations in which such insulting takes place. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Blacks, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Homosexuality, Identification (Psychology), Language Styles, Language Usage, Racial Attitudes, Sociocultural Patterns, Sociolinguistics, Speech Communication, Verbal Communication, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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