Characteristics of American Slang 英语专业毕业论文

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1、CharacteristicsofAmericanSlangContentsIntroduction…………………………………………………………………………5Ⅰ.Americanslang…………………………………………………………………5A.Thedefinitionofslang……………………………………………………6B.Originanddevelopmentofslang…………………………………………6Ⅱ.Characteristicsofslang…………………………………………………………7A.HighlyColloquial

2、………………………………………………………………7B.Visualizationoflanguage…………………………………………………………………8C.AbundanceofSynonyms…………………………………………………………8D.Transienceofslang’slife…………………………………………………………9E.PossibilityofRisingintoStandardLanguage……………………………………9Ⅲ.PrinciplesofTranslating………………………………………………………10A.

3、TheChiefExistedPrinciplesofSlangTranslation…………………………………10B.Specialprinciplesofslangytranslation…………………………………………10（1）.Exactunderstandingofmeaning………………………………………………10（2）.ConveyanceofFlavor…………………………………………………………11(3).Conveyanceofindividuality……………………………………………………12Bibliography

4、…………………………………………………………………………1310AbstractSinceslangappearedinEnglishlanguageinthe16thcentury,ithasgraduallybecomepopularamongEnglishspeakers.Meanwhile,itisdifficultforpeopletounderstand.Therefore,itisnecessaryforustostudyit.TohaveaglimpseintothenatureofEnglishslangishelpfult

5、otranslate.ThisthesisexpoundsthedefinitionandoriginofslangandanalyzesitsprocessofdevelopmentanditsfeaturesanditssomeprinciplesofEnglishslang.ItcomestotheconclusionthatslangisplayingamoreandmoreimportantroleinthesocietyofEnglish-speakingandhasitsownprincipleswhenwetranslatei

6、t.KeywordsSlang;characteristics;translation;principlesIntroductionSlangcanbedefinedtocommoncolloquiallanguage,andaccordingtothedefinitionoftheConciseOxfordEnglishDictionary(1985),slangisusuallyusedascolloquialwordsandphrase.ItcannotberegardedasStandard-English,thusthisshows

7、that,10slangisNonstandard-English.However,slangisverypopularintheEnglish-speakingcountriesnowadays..RichandcolorfulslangisanimportantcomponentinEnglish.Itisbrimmingwithyouthvigor.Itisratheraspokenlanguagethanawrittenone.Unlikestandardlanguage,itdoesnotfromitsowngrammarrules

8、.Mainlyemployedbysub-culturalgroups,slangishighlycolloquial,informalandessentially