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1、CultureFeaturesinAmericanSlang美国俚语中的文化特征AbstractWiththedevelopmentofthesociety,slangisacceptedbymoreandmoreAmericans.ThisthesisanalysesfeaturesandfunctionsofAmericanslang.TheauthordrawsaconclusionthatAmericanslangreflectstheculturalcharacteristicsofAmericans’humor,informality,self-confidence
2、,anti-authority,innovationconsciousnessandpursuitfortimeefficiency.KeyWordsAmericanslang;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;文化IntroductionEnglishslangcanbedefinedtocommoncolloquiallanguage,andaccordingtothedefinit
3、ionoftheConciseOxfordEnglishDictionary(1985),slangisusuallyusedascolloquialwordsandphrase.ItcannotberegardedasStandard-English,thusthisshowsthat,slangisNonstandard-English.However,slangisverypopularintheEnglish-speakingcountriesnowadays.Slangisspokenbypeopleindailyspeech,andevenmagazineandli
4、teraryworksmayfindalargenumberofthem.Withthedevelopmentofthesociety,slangiswidelyusedbymoreandmorepeople,especiallyinAmerica,slangcanbefoundfavorableintheAmericans’eyes.Itisacceptedbybothupper-classandlower-class,andespeciallythecollegestudentswhotendtouseup-to-datewordsthatformakindofcharac
5、teristicstyleofthemselves.SlangplaysanimportantpartinAmericanEnglish.ItisreportedthatslangaccountsforoneofthetenthofAmericanaveragevocabulary.People’sattitudetowardslangvariesfrompersontoperson.Somethinkthatslangcannotbeusedontheformaloccasion,foritisspokenbytheilliteratepeopleonlyandtheslan
6、gtermsaresocoarse.Someeventhinkthatslangisthefilthylanguage,andadvocateabandoningusingit.However,othersholdtheoppositeidea.TheythinkthatslangplayanimportantroleinEnglishlanguage,becauseofitsfresh,lifelike,humorandadequateexpressions.Onemustadmittheundeniablefactthatslangisspokenbymoreandmore
7、people.Inmoderntimes,ifoneisnotfamiliarwithAmericanslangheorshecouldnotcapturetheslangexpressionsinthemovieandcommonfictions,and,whatworse,onewouldmakemistakeswhentheyaretalkingwiththeAmericans.Anexamplewillclarifythefact.Aguideasksthetourist“anybo
