Date of Award
Spring 2005
Document Type
Legacy Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
English
College
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
First Advisor
Sara L. Sanders
Abstract/Description
This is a case study of the military slang used by A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) Lieutenant James Darst of the 89th Division in a series of nine articles he wrote for the St. Louis Globe Democrat between April 7th, and April 17th 1919, shortly after returning home from World War I. The objective of this case study is to compare the military slang Darst uses in his newspaper articles to social and psychological connections to discern whether or not Darst's use of military slang in his journalistic discourse is evidence of the American military ideology influencing his individual ideology or the use of slang in his newspaper articles is Darst's conscious act of defiance against military psychological control.
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Recommended Citation
Horton, Charles, "One Soldier's Effort to Tell his Story: A Case Study on the Military Slang in the Journalistic Discourse of an A.E.F. Lieutenant" (2005). Honors Theses. 225.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/honors-theses/225