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1、美国俚语中的文化特征CultureFeaturesinAmericanSlangAbstract:Withthedevelopmentofthesociety,slangisacceptedbymoreandmoreAmericans.ThisthesisanalysesfeaturesandfunctionsofAmericanslang.TheauthordrawsaconclusionthatAmericanslangreflectstheculturalcharacteristicsof
2、Americans’humor,informality,self-confidence,anti-authority,innovationconsciousnessandpursuitfortimeefficiency.KeyWords:Americanslang;feature;culture摘 要:随着社会的发展，俚语越来越多地为美国人所接受。本论文分析了美国俚语的语言特色等。此分析反映出了美国人幽默，非正式，反权威，追求时间效率，自信和具有创新意识独特的文化特征。关键词:美国俚语;特点;文
3、化IntroductionEnglishslangcanbedefinedtocommoncolloquiallanguage,andaccordingtothedefinitionoftheConciseOxfordEnglishDictionary(1985),slangisusuallyusedascolloquialwordsandphrase.ItcannotberegardedasStandard-English,thusthisshowsthat,slangisNonstandar
4、d-English.However,slangisverypopularintheEnglish-speakingcountriesnowadays.Slangisspokenbypeopleindailyspeech,andevenmagazineandliteraryworksmayfindalargenumberofthem.Withthedevelopmentofthesociety,slangiswidelyusedbymoreandmorepeople,especiallyinAme
5、rica,slangcanbefoundfavorableintheAmericans’eyes.Itisacceptedbybothupper-classandlower-class,andespeciallythecollegestudentswhotendtouseup-to-datewordsthatformakindofcharacteristicstyleofthemselves.SlangplaysanimportantpartinAmericanEnglish.Itisrepor
6、tedthatslangaccountsforoneofthetenthofAmericanaveragevocabulary.People’sattitudetowardslangvariesfrompersontoperson.Somethinkthatslangcannotbeusedontheformaloccasion,foritisspokenbytheilliteratepeopleonlyandtheslangtermsaresocoarse.Someeventhinkthats
7、langisthefilthylanguage,andadvocateabandoningusingit.However,othersholdtheoppositeidea.TheythinkthatslangplayanimportantroleinEnglishlanguage,becauseofitsfresh,lifelike,humorandadequateexpressions.Onemustadmittheundeniablefactthatslangisspokenbymorea
8、ndmorepeople.Inmoderntimes,ifoneisnotfamiliarwithAmericanslangheorshecouldnotcapturetheslangexpressionsinthemovieandcommonfictions,and,whatworse,onewouldmakemistakeswhentheyaretalkingwiththeAmericans.Anexamplewillclarifythefact.Aguideasksthetourist“a
