Contents: 1. What is slang?……………………………………(3-5) 2. Development of slang............................................(5-6) 3. Creators of slang ………………………………...(6-7) 4. Linguistic processes forming slang ………….......(7) 5. Formation………………………………………...(8) 6. Examples of youth slang during 1960-70’s ……....(8-9) 6.1 Examples of modern British slang ………………(9-10) 6.2 Examples of modern USA slangs ………………..(11) 7. Definition of vulgarism …………………………..(11-12) 8. Vulgarisms
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Week 4 Lecture Regional & Social Dialects WHAT CAN YOU TELL ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE SPEAKERS? Notes on Examples Reasonable (even accurate) guesses about speaker’s various characteristics e.g. socio-economic or educational background esp. for English accents in Britain • With distinctive regional accent origin even from short utterance Holmes (2008) p. 127 3 Characteristics of Speech • Remember? No two people speak the same! – ∞ sources of variation e
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vocabulary words with double meanings to hit the streets and today’s youth is eating it all up. Off the chain is just one of many words in today’s vocabulary that has been revamped by younger generation. The Urban Dictionary‚ an online dictionary of slang words used by teenagers today‚ defines the word off the chain as meaning a great deal of fun. It is meant to describe a great time they had. You may hear them use the word to talk about how cool a party was that they went to such as Joshua threw a
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centuries‚ language‚ alone‚ has weakened in terms of being a mere indication of “ethnicity” (Rakic‚ Steffens‚ & Mummendey‚ 2011‚ pg. 18). In the study‚ “Blinded by the Accent! The Minor Role of Looks in Ethic Categorization”‚ researchers Tamara Rakic‚ Melanie C. Steffens‚ and Amelie Mummendey‚ examined other factors‚ such as “looks” and “accents”‚ as possible indicators of social categorization. Being that the study was produced in Germany‚ researchers used‚ through a series of pretests‚ a set of fluent
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= Easy English = ESSENTIAL ENGLISH IDIOMS Elementary = Easy English = 1 LESSON 1 t o get in/to get on : to enter or to board a vehicle To get in is used for cars‚ to get on is used for all other forms of transportation. - It’s easiest to get in the car from the driver’s side. The door on the other side doesn’t work well. - I always get on the bus to work at 34th Street. t o get out of/to get off : to leave or to descend from a vehicle To get out of is used for cars‚ to get of
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IDIOMS Once upon a time there was a deer who had surprisingly grown a single horn on its forehead. He was quite unaware of this matter. But he knew that the other animals always gave him an icy stare when they saw him. They left him high and dry in jungle. He felt blue most of the time and looked like he has the weight of world on his shoulder‚ because he was so lonely. He decided to go it alone and went into the middle of the jungle where most of the animals live. He tried to be friend with them
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Federal Government Language - Jargon What is the primary audience for your piece? My audience is federal employees. In no more than 3 sentences‚ what is the central message you want to communicate to readers in this piece? The phrases and words used in government writing are confusing and some documents are too long. Using plain language will communicate clear‚ concise‚ and easy to understand to those seeking assistance or instructions. What aspects of your final project do you feel
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An Examination of Southern Dialect as Seen in the Works of William Faulkner In the writings of William Faulkner‚ the reader may sense that the author has created an entire world‚ which directly reflects his own personal experience. Faulkner writes about the area in and around Mississippi‚ where he is from‚ during the post-Civil War period. It is most frequently Northern Mississippi that Faulkner uses for his literary territory‚ changing Oxford to "Jefferson" and Lafayette County to "Yoknapatawpha
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A dialect continuum is a range of dialects spoken across a large geographical area‚ differing only slightly between areas that are geographically close to each other‚ and gradually decreasing in mutual intelligibility as the distances become greater. Dialects separated by great geographical distances may not be mutually comprehensible. According to the Ausbausprache - Abstandsprache - Dachsprache paradigm‚ these dialects can be considered Abstandsprachen (i.e.‚ as stand-alone languages). However
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Using Denotative and Connotative Meanings The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals: 21st Century Skills—You will apply use critical thinking and problem solving skills‚ collaborate with others‚ and communicate effectively. Directions Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________ Self-Checked Activities Read the instructions for the
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