Dude
Due: Wednesday January 31, Data due: Wednesday January 23, 8:30am
Objectives
To be able to describe the social meanings of address terms and give 'rules for use' by analyzing  the use of a particular address term based on data you collect.
Background
Dude is an address term that is generally identified as being one used by Americans. However, its use is not necessarily straightforward. In this task you are asked to describe the possible social meanings for this address term, based on data you collect as a class.

The following are some examples of the use of dude in conversation, from my fraternity study:

A. Dave, Pete, and Boisson are fraternity members playing monopoly. Dez has a property that Pete wants, and it happens to be red. The following exchange takes place:
Pete:	Fuckin' ay man. 
Gimme the red Dave, dude. (1.0)
Dave:	No.
Pete:	Dave dude, dude Dave hm hm hm h

B. Pete, the fraternity vice president, is speaking during an election for the new vice-president:
Hotdog: Pete.
Pete:	OK. (2.5) 
As vice president I will tell you who I would like.(2.1)
'Kay this jo:b entai:ls a fuckin' hell of a lot of stress #lemme just tell you that right now#
((raspberry))
?:	Jesus.
Pete:	OK. and|I can't see|
Pencil:		    |(He'll eat |his way) He just eats the stress up
Pete:	I- I eat eat it dude

C. Pete and Dan are sitting in a bar drinking beer, talking about the party taking place later at Pete's house:
Dan: 	(You got) a keg?
(?)
BYOB?
IS it really?
Pete: 	That's what it always is at our place man 
except for once in a whi:le.
An' everybody just comes over there gets wasted.
fuckin' sits around,
plays caps or whatever.
Dan: 	I love playin' caps.
That's what did me in last-|| last week.
Pete: 		|that's-|
Everybody plays that damn game, dude.

I found this example in a listing of new words in American English. The word being exemplified here is 'born-again virgin,' which is someone "who adopts strict celibacy after a period of sexual activity:
"I said, 'Whoa boy, down boy. I hoped I wouldn't have to tell you this so soon, but it ain't gonna happen, dude. I'm born-again.' He said, 'Huh? I thought we were both Catholics.'"

Part I: Data collection
You need to collect 15 instances of dude when used naturally in conversation as an address term. Do not collect any instances of dude that are simply used as a noun in a sentence (e.g., that dude is crazy). The intances you collect may come in part from a film or TV show, but at least 12  instance must be 'natural.' You may not use the title of the film, Dude, where's my car? as one of your instances. Write down on the attached form:
•Sex, age, ethnicity of the speaker and the addressee(s)
•The situation, including the topic of conversation.
•The relationship between the speaker and addressee(s) if known (friend, roommate, family, acquaintance, work colleague, stranger)
•The utterance in which dude appears.
Turn in your observations by 8:30am on Wednesday, January 23. 

You must use the Excel spreadsheet on Courseweb. First, download the spreadsheet to a disk (floppy or hard drive). Then enter your data on the saved spreadsheet. Then save it with your last name followed by “A1”. For example, I wold save the datasheet as KieslingA1.xls. Finally, give me the electronic version of the spreadsheet (either email, courseweb, or on floppy disk). I will put all of the data together and make it available by Friday (earlier, I hope). 

Part II: Analysis
I will give you the raw data for the class. Your job is to find patterns and explain them. Some questions to minimally consider:
1.What social group is most identified with the use of this term? 
2.With whom do they use it the most?
3.In what situation is the term most likely to be used?
4.What is the range of social meanings for this term (what does the term index)? Discuss in terms of power, solidarity, and ideology.
5.How are its social meanings related to the group that uses it the most, i.e., why does that social group use it more than others?
6.What is the address term's relationship to the same word when not used as an address term (e.g., "That dude's crazy")?
You may use examples from the data or from any other source to help your arguments. Your paper need not be long; 700 words should do (about 2 double-spaced typed pages).

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