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Topics of the day:



 1. Help !!!

 2. Labov address wanted

 3. Query about terms



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Date:  Tue, 30 May 1995 10:28:53 -0400

From:  Aamir Rashid <aamir[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CLAM.COM>

Subject: Help !!!



>

> Help! I'm a graduate student at Northeastern University and am currently

> working on a linguistics project that examines sexual ideology and the

> lexicon that reflects it. Specifically, I hypothesize that as a society

> changes, language will change accordingly to reflect this shifting

> reality. I'm looking for words (sexual slang, etc.) that existed

> during the Victorian period

> which continue to exist today under roughly the same meaning (homosexual,

> queer); words that exist under slightly altered meanings (loose and

> straight laced--originally referred to corsets); and words that

> no longer exist in our current lexicon (Boston marriage, passionate

> friendship, charity girls)

> and hope to examine what this reflects about our evolving society and

> our attitudes about human sexuality. The third category would be

> particularly helpful. I have most of the research for the 20th century

> but little on the 19th. The paper is due in roughly three weeks so quick

> suggestions, guesses, and stabs in the dark would be GREATLY appreciated.

> Thanks!

>

> Sierra Vine :>:

> svine[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]lynx.neu.edu

> (w) 373-3862

> 3 Symphony Road, Apt # 1, Boston, MA 02115

>