T-Shirts: Urban Language of Remembrance
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Conclusion
The goal of this paper was to place the messages seen on T-shirts within a
discussion of language and remembrance. To do so, the language of T-shirts was
placed within the general context of communication. What for casual observers
might be a phenomenon of urban youth can be examined from the perspective of
discourse. Specifically, language processing and the role of lexical choices were
reviewed. In addition, the topic of the language of remembrance within popular
culture, defined as a collective mode of thinking and doing, was investigated.
Furthermore, a major feature of discourse as it pertains to this essay is that of
cultural politics and cultural identity. It is in the area of cultural politics that
individuals de