Session Details

Tuesday, 28 December

118. Aiming at a Moving Target: English and Emerging (Sub)Cultures

10:15–11:30 a.m., Independence Ballroom Salon I, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Present-Day English Language

Presiding: Timothy R. Austin, Creighton Univ.

1. “‘Dude! Your Dress Is So Cute!’ Patterns of Semantic Widening in Dude,” Muffy Siegel, Temple Univ.

2. “Developing the Many Englishes of Students in K–12 Classrooms,” Regina A. Clemens Fox, Arizona State Univ., Tempe

3. “Black, White: A Color for English?” Sharon Pittman, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District

Respondent: Camillia Keach, Temple Univ.

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