informal levels of usage. Dictionaries sometimes provide usage labels to indicate the contexts in which certain words are generally used. Such labels include colloquial‚ slang‚ dialect‚ nonstandard‚ and archaic. See also: Diction E.B. White’s Diction and Metaphors in "Death of a Pig" Nonstandard English and Standard English Plain Style‚ Middle Style‚ and Grand Style Style Usage Examples and Observations: "Each of us employs a different level of usage (word choice) depending upon whether
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PEACE OUT “Peace”‚ or “Peace Man”‚ accompanied by V-fingers out or “Peace Out” with two closed fist pumps to your chest were slang used in the 1970ʻs that meant‚ chill or relax or good-bye‚ respectively. Although our nation has experienced wars that date back from the 18th century with the American Revolution‚ 19th century with the Civil War‚ 20th century with World War 1 and 2‚ to today with the War on Terror‚ it is only natural that the nation has taken comfort in a term like “Peace”‚ defined
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Stylistic Classification of the English Vocabulary PLAN 1. Stylistic classification of the English language vocabulary. Classification criteria 2. Standard English vocabulary and its constituents. Neutral words. 3. Specific literary vocabulary. Terms‚ poetic and archaic words‚ obsolete and obsolescent words‚ literary coinages and neologisms‚ foreignisms and barbarisms 4. Specific colloquial vocabulary. Professionalisms‚ jargon and slang‚ vulgarisms and nonce-words‚ dialectisms. LITERATURE Galperin
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speakers use a fairly informal register‚ yet refrain from using slang words or jargon in order to make their story understandable to the presumably wide audience listening to the radio. For example‚ Cameron uses phrases such as “/i:z/ always been an active wee boy” and Meg also uses similar phrases such as “and /i:/ had a wee routine”. Neither of the speakers uses a slang word nor jargon in the extract. Because neither speaker uses slang or jargon‚ they earn credibility and sympathy from the audience
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The Role of Culture in Discourse 1.0 Introduction Discourse‚ its etymology comes from Latin‚ discursus (which means “running to and fro”) is the term that concerns with spoken and written communication. In linguistics‚ discourse is a unit of language longer than a single sentence. More broadly‚ discourse could be the use of spoken or written language in a social context. According to Hinkel and Fotos (2002) in New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms‚ discourse
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to landline house phones‚ to text messaging on cell phones and various social network sites. What were the 1950’s like? Now that we are in a new century and millennium‚ 1950 sounds so very long ago. During the 50’s decade‚ a lot of people used slang language that they got from the big screen. They often used the sayings from the movies that it got interpreted into our everyday life such as “I have lots of bread” for having lots of money‚ “he is cruisn’ for a bruisin’” for someone that looking
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Analysing a Newspaper Story How is a Newspaper Article Structured? All newspaper articles follow a particular framework or structure. Headline: All stories have a headline‚ which gives the reader an idea of what the article is about. Tabloid headlines often use puns or other techniques‚ such as alliteration‚ to captivate their audience. Introduction: As the first paragraph in an article‚ the introduction is very important. Its contents tell the reader in more detail what the article
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ⅡUnderstanding of American Slang 2.1 Definition of Slang 2.1.1 … According to the explanation of Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary‚ slang means very informal words‚ phrases commonly used in speech‚ especially between people from the same social group or who work together‚ and slang is not considered suitable for formal contexts and often not in use for long. (Chomsky‚ 1999) From the perspective of sociolinguistics‚ slang is a kind of jargon marked by its rejection of formal
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Appendix With Data: The following chat takes place at Grand West Casino − which participant Y is situated − and the following location take place at‚ participant X ’s home − which will be within participants X ’s bedroom. This chat took place at approximately between the hours of 20h41 to 22h40 on Friday the 29th of March 2013. This chat takes place between two best friends‚ a boy and a girl that have been friends for four years. X: Ur a lil drinker! Lol {You are a little drinker} Y: Aaaahw
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ethics‚ I was lost and had no clue what this had to do with the rest of the article. Who cares about immigrants? This was not changing my world view on the issue of world hunger. He goes into the slang words for generations ago such as Dagos‚ Wops‚ Polacks‚ Chinks‚ and Krauts‚ what are half of these slang words referring to and who cares what they are referring to‚ it has nothing to do with the issue of preserving your life boat‚ what to do when there are too many mouths to feed and not enough food
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