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Download full textSanders, Judi – 1997
An ethnographic study examined slang as spoken on campuses of two universities in the United States, one on the West Coast and one in the Midwest. Subjects were students from Intercultural Communication classes, who served as participant/observers and data gatherers. Subjects were instructed to collect slang terms that they heard on campus and,…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Research, Cultural Context, Discourse Communities
