英语论文 从文化和语言视角探讨美国俚语.docx

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英语论文从文化和语言视角探讨美国俚语

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StudyonAmericanSlangfromtheCulturalandLinguisticPerspectives

从文化和语言视角探讨美国俚语

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StudyonAmericanSlangfromtheCulturalandLinguisticPerspectives

ABSTRACT

Americanslangisaspeciallinguisticform,andisanindispensablepartofAmericanlanguage.Americanslangreflectsthattheinternalfunctionoflinguistichasbeeninfluencedbycultureandendowedwithuniquecharacterthatotherwordsdoesnotpossessordoesnotcompletelypossess.AmericanslangisakindofwordsthathasrichculturalmeaningandspecialcarrierofAmericanculture.ThisthesisanalysesfeaturesofAmericanslangonculturalandlinguisticperspective.Bydoingthis,wemayknowmuchaboutAmericanculture,andinturngetbetterunderstandingofslangbylearningtheculturalbackgroundbehindthem.

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AmericanslangAmericancultureLinguisticfeatureCulturalcharacteristics

从文化和语言视角探讨美国俚语

摘要

摘要：

美国俚语是一种特殊的语言形式，是美国语言不可缺少的重要组成部分，它反映了文化影响语言的内在作用，还具有其他词汇层所无或不全具备的独特风格，是一种极富文化涵义的词汇，是美国文化的特殊载体。

要深入研究美国文化，俚语是重要的手段之一。

对于美国俚语的研究可以帮助我们对美国英语及美国文化有更深的理解。

该论文将从文化和语言学的角度对美国俚语进行探讨。

通过美国俚语透视美国文化及形成该文化的社会土壤。

关键词：

美国俚语美国文化语言特征文化特点

Contents

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1.Introduction1

1.1TheDefinitionofSlang1

1.2TheNatureofSlang1

1.3theCharacteristicsofAmericanSlang1

1.3.1Brevity1

1.3.2Novelty1

1.3.3Instability1

1.3.4PluralSynonym1

1.4TheEmergenceofSlangintheUnitedStates1

2.TheLinguisticFeaturesofAmericanSlang1

2.1.RhetoricFeatures1

2.1.1.Euphemism1

2.1.2FigureofSpeech1

2.1.3Hyperbole1

2.2SemanticFeatures1

2.2.1PhoneticHumor1

2.2.2LexicalHumor1

3.AmericanSlangasaMirrorofAmericanCulture1

3.1TwoCharacteristicsofAmericanSlangEmbodiedinAmericanDominantCulture1

3.2SlangasanInsightintoaCulture1

3.3DominantAmericanCulturalPatterns1

3.4ThreeAmericanSlangMappingAmericanSubcultureandCounterculture1

3.4.1IntroductionofSubcultureanditsRelationshipwithAmericanSlang1

3.4.2IntroductionofCountercultureanditsRelationshipwithAmericanSlang1

4.Conclusion1

Bibliography1

Acknowledgements1

1.Introduction

InAmerica,moreandmorepeoplearepartialtousingslangintheirdailylifecommunicationandwritingtechnique.Inthepast,people’simpressionofslangmaybethatslangisrude,dirty,andindecent;buttoday,asahighlycolloquialspeechwhichhasbecomethemostcolorfulandvividmemberofthefamilyoflanguages.“ThevocabularyofanordinaryAmericaisgenerallyestimatedat10,000-20,000words…about2,000wordsareslang,accordingtothesurveyconductedbytheOxfordUniversity”ThenumbershowstheimportantstatusofslanginAmericanEnglish,thereforeweshouldeliminatethetraditionalbiasofslang.SlangispopularinAmericabecauseofitsfreshness,lifelikeness,humor,anditisaneffectivewayofcommunication;atthesametime,italsocarriesstrongculturalimplicationsofAmericabecausemostslangwordscomefromeachsub-culturalgroup,whichreflecttheiractuallife.“itisimpossibletoacquireathoroughknowledgeofEnglishwithoutbeingfamiliarwithslangandvulgarism.ItisnoexaggerationtosaythatEnglishlearnercan’tcommunicatewithforeignersattheirpleasurewithoutmuchunderstandinginAmericanslang.Fromthispoint,slangisabridgeforEnglishlearnerstomakeuptheculturalgap,soweshouldknowandtreatslangwithacorrectattitude.Thereisnosuchthingasgoodorbad,rightorwronginlanguage.Asaspecialformoflanguage,itsexistenceisakindofoutcomeofcultureandhistory.

Asahighlycolloquialspeech,itisespeciallyeffectiveoncasualandintimateoccasions.Theattitudestowardslangarealsoverycontradictoryamongcommonpeopleespeciallyscholars.Nowadays,moreandmorepeoplebegintheirresearchonslangforitswidespread.Inthispaper,IintendtotrytoanalyzeitfromvariousaspectsinordertogetbetterunderstandingofAmericanslang.

1.1TheDefinitionofSlang

Thesocialandpsychologicalcomplexitiescapturedinslangvocabularymakethetermdifficulttodefine.Slangiseasytousebutperhapsthesimplestthingisoftenthehardesttodefine.Somepeopleevensayitisnearlyimpossibletodefineslang.Therehavebeenvariousdefinitionsofslangitsappearance,whichareasvividasslangitself.Someofthemareveryimpressive:

“Slangislanguagewhichtakesoffitscoat,spitsonitshands,-andgoestowork”.（CarlSandburg）.“Slangisthespeechofhimwhorobstheliterarygarbagecansontheirwaytothedumps”