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Language of Sport Fans: Sportugese Revisited

Daniel L. Wann [email protected], Linda A. Metcalf, Michele L. Adcock, Chun-Chung Choi, Mark B. Dallas, and Elizabeth SlatonView all authors and affiliations
Volume 85, Issue 3
https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1997.85.3.1107

Abstract

In 1959, Tannenbaum and Noah reported that sports writers and readers possessed a better understanding of sport terminology than nonreaders. The current investigation extended Tannenbaum and Noah's research using current sport terms. A positive relationship between understanding sport terminology, extent of team identification, strength of sport fandom, and self-proclaimed sport knowledge was hypothesized. Scores of 57 participants confirmed the predicted pattern. Discussion concerned research examining sport terminology.

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Volume 85, Issue 3
Pages: 1107 - 1110
Article first published: December 1997
Issue published: December 1997

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Daniel L. Wann
Murray State University
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Linda A. Metcalf
Murray State University
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Michele L. Adcock
Murray State University
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Chun-Chung Choi
Murray State University
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Mark B. Dallas
Murray State University
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Elizabeth Slaton
Murray State University
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Notes

Address correspondence and requests for a list of the verbs used in this research to Daniel L. Wann, PhD, Department of Psychology, Box 9, Murray State University, Murray, KY or to [email protected] via Internet

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