female athletes' language

[Lisa Camasi]

Hi Amy,

I think the paper below is close to, if not exactly, what you're looking
for.  It's been a couple of years since I read it, so I'm not sure if the
subjects are athletes, but I think they are.  Here's a link to Jen's
webpage  - she may have a more current publication on the subject.

Jocular abuse in mixed-group interaction. Wellington Working Papers in
Linguistics, No .6: 26-55. (1994)

http://www.ling.canterbury.ac.nz/jen/

Lisa


At 06:50 PM 11/4/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Can anyone suggest sources that discuss features of female (or male)
>athletes' use of language, including slang, and how words/phrases
>originating in the group become valorized/picked up by the group?
>
>Other sociolinguistic research that is related to this issue, if not
>specifically about athletes, can also be helpful.
>
>Thanks,
>Amy  Sheldon
>asheldon at umn.eduh