Lbian and Gay Male Language Use: A Cril Review of the Lerature on JSTOR

Contents:

• EFFECTS OF GAY LANGUAGE UNRSTANDG THE MEANG OF ENGLISH WORDSEFFECTS OF GAY LANGUAGE UNRSTANDG THE MEANG OF ENGLISH WORDSEFFECTS OF GAY LANGUAGE UNRSTANDG THE MEANG OF ENGLISH WORDSEFFECTS OF GAY LANGUAGE UNRSTANDG THE MEANG OF ENGLISH WORDSEFFECTS OF GAY LANGUAGE UNRSTANDG THE MEANG OF ENGLISH WORDS
• USAGE OF GAY LINGO AMONG MILLENIALS AS A WAY OF COMMUNICATING
• HOW TO SAY GAY DIFFERENT LANGUAG

EFFECTS OF GAY LANGUAGE UNRSTANDG THE MEANG OF ENGLISH WORDSEFFECTS OF GAY LANGUAGE UNRSTANDG THE MEANG OF ENGLISH WORDSEFFECTS OF GAY LANGUAGE UNRSTANDG THE MEANG OF ENGLISH WORDSEFFECTS OF GAY LANGUAGE UNRSTANDG THE MEANG OF ENGLISH WORDSEFFECTS OF GAY LANGUAGE UNRSTANDG THE MEANG OF ENGLISH WORDS

The qualative rearch ventured on revealg the reasons of g gay lgo the amic muny and analyzg s unique lguistic featur.

In intifyg the lguistic featur of gay lgo, the rearcher analyzed the data taken om the rmants om their simulatn and list of gay words. The data were treated g morpho-semantic analysis: the Morphologil Analysis revealed patterns of stctural formatns gay words; the Semantic Analysis revealed the semantic procs on the meangs of gay study employed the phenomenologil sign nducted 3 College stutns Tagum Cy. The vtigatn volved 28 gay participants, whose backgrounds were based on the school they attend rults of the study revealed ias that ncretized the reason of g gay lgo the rmants’ rpective schools.

USAGE OF GAY LINGO AMONG MILLENIALS AS A WAY OF COMMUNICATING

The followg them emerged durg the terview: Learng Gay Lgo om Friends, Sex Talks, Makg Gossips, Sexual Inty, and Sense of Secury.

On the analys of lguistic featur of gay lgo, revealed the followg: the Morphologil Analysis revealed patterns of formatn gay words.

The patterns of gay lgo are as follows; clippg wh affixatn, variety formatn, straight words rivatn, popular words rivatn, gay word affixatn, foreign soundg, and gay word exprsns.

HOW TO SAY GAY DIFFERENT LANGUAG

This article prents suggtns for avoidg heterosexual bias language ncerng lbians, gay men, and bisexual persons. The article suggts preferred termology and also prents ways of creasg the visibily of lbians, gay men, and bisexual persons language. The Commtee on Lbian and Gay Concerns (CLGC) has nsired issu of heterosexual bias language sce was found 1980.

Comments were soliced om the Amerin Psychologil Associatns (APA's) Divisn 44 and om the Associatn of Lbian and Gay Psychologists.

Problems occur language ncerng lbians, gay men, and bisexual persons when the language is too vague or the ncepts are poorly fed. Language may be ambiguo reference, so that the rear is uncerta about s meang or s cln and excln creria; and the term homosexualy has been associated the past wh viance, mental illns, and crimal behavr, and the negative stereotyp may be perpetuated by biased language. The term sexual orientatn is preferred to sexual preference for psychologil wrg and refers to sexual and affectnal relatnships of lbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual people.

The word preference suggts a gree of voluntary choice that is not necsarily reported by lbians and gay men and that has not been monstrated psychologil rearch. The terms lbian sexual orientatn, heterosexual sexual orientatn, gay male sexual orientatn, and bisexual sexual orientatn are preferable to lbianism, heterosexualy, homosexualy, and bisexualy. Lbian and gay male are preferred to the word homosexual when ed as an adjective referrg to specific persons or groups, and the terms lbians and gay men are preferred to homosexuals ed as nouns when referrg to specific persons or groups.

The terms gay male and lbian refer primarily to inti and to the morn culture and muni that have veloped among people who share those inti.