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STUDY OF URBAN LANGUAGE

NCJ Number
9661
Author(s)
R NOBLE
Date Published
1972
Length
6 pages
Annotation
SURVEY OF JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS, INDICATING THE DISCREPANCY IN WORD MEANING BETWEEN THE BLACK AND WHITE RACE.
Abstract
AN EVOLUTION IN SLANG MAY TAKE PLACE FROM BLACK 'JIVE' TO WHITE 'SLANG'.

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