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1、ABriefAnalysisontheFeaturesandFunctionsofEnglishSlangOutlineThesisstatement:Englishslangisoneofthemostactiveandsensitivepartsoflanguageandaneffectiveweaponincommunication.I.IntroductionII.AnoverviewonEnglishslangIII.FeaturesofEnglishslangIV.ThefunctionofEnglishslang4.1.RhetoricalfunctionsofE
2、nglishslang4.2.PragmaticfunctionsofEnglishslang4.3.SocialfunctionsofEnglishslangV.ConclusionAbstract:EnglishslangplaysanimportantroleinmodernEnglishcommunication,whichisanindispensablepartofEnglishlanguageandamirrorofsub-culture.Theslangisappliedmoreandmoreinoralandwrittencommunicationwithit
3、sexpressivenessandvitaliyhighlyvalued.Inthispaper,theoriginandfeaturesofEnglishslangwillbediscussed,andtheanalysesofexistencevalueofEnglishslangfromtheaspectsofrefractionfunctionandusagefunctionwillbepresentedaswell.Keywords:Englishslang;feature;function8I.IntroductionEverylanguageintheworld
4、shareonecommonsimilarity,thatis,theexistenceoftheslang.ThereisnoexceptionofEnglish.ThecomposerofAmericanSlangDictionary,StuartBergFlexnerthinksthatthereare10000or20000wordsusedbyaverageAmericans.Amongthem,aboutonetenthisslang,whichisusedmoreoftenbyeveryAmerican.The“hi”,and“bye-bye”areallslan
5、gwords.Andthisshowsthatslangcanbeusedwidelyinpeople’sdailylife.ThemodernEnglishslangisconcise,straightforwardandincisive.JustasHaroldWervtworth,theEnglishlinguistssaid:“Slangismorestraightforward,morerefinedandhavemorecharacteristicsthanstandardEnglishincommunication”(Catherine,1985:35).Itca
6、ntransfernewelementstostandardEnglishwordsandgenerallyspokenwords,andtakeanimportantpartinkeepingthestandardwordsflowingcontinuously.Inthefollowingparts,Iwillanalyzeslangintheaspectsofitsorigin,itssocialfunctionsandsoon.II.AnoverviewonEnglishslangSlangisquiteacontroversiallanguage,peoplehave
7、differentattitudestowardit.Itisnowonderthatthedefinitionofslangissovarious.However,theslangtermshavetheirowncharacters,and,ofcourse,thedefinitionsofitaremoreorlessdescribedinthesameway.Slangisakindofspeciallanguageformation.Duringalongperiod,therei
