UCLA Slang

Professor of Linguistics Pam Munro spoke to a joint Zoom meeting of the UCLA Emeriti and Retirees Association recently on the subject of slang used by UCLA students. You can see the program at the link at the bottom of this posting.

Pam Munro (AKA Slanglady) has been studying the slang used by UCLA students — and others — since 1983. What is slang? Is it just bad grammar? Is it just X-rated language? Does it change faster than standard language? We'll find out, and learn a number of brand-new words in use by UCLA students this year. "I consider it vital to make linguistic findings available to native speakers and other interested laymen through accurate, accessible descriptive and pedagogical materials, including dictionaries. I am particularly interested in working out better ways to make dictionaries, since I feel that this process generally illuminates most aspects of grammar."

Click on link below:

Or direct to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coNHxxrVL30.