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1、ABriefAnalysisontheFeaturesAndFunctionsofEnglishSlangOutlineThesisstatement:Englishslangisoneofthemostactiveandsensitivepartsoflanguageandaneffectiveweaponincommunication.I.IntroductionII.AnoverviewonEnglishslangIII.FeaturesofEnglishslangIV.ThefunctionofEnglishslang4.1.Rhetoricalf
2、unctionsofEnglishslang4.2.PragmaticfunctionsofEnglishslang4.3.SocialfunctionsofEnglishslangV.ConclusionAbstract:EnglishslangplaysanimportantroleinmodernEnglishcommunication,whichisanindispensablepartofEnglishlanguageandamirrorofsub-culture.Theslangisappliedmoreandmoreinoralandwrit
3、tencommunicationwithitsexpressivenessandvitaliyhighlyvalued.Inthispaper,theoriginandfeaturesofEnglishslangwillbediscussed,andtheanalysesofexistencevalueofEnglishslangfromtheaspectsofrefractionfunctionandusagefunctionwillbepresentedaswell.Keywords:Englishslang;feature;function8I.In
4、troductionEverylanguageintheworldshareonecommonsimilarity,thatis,theexistenceoftheslang.ThereisnoexceptionofEnglish.ThecomposerofAmericanSlangDictionary,StuartBergFlexnerthinksthatthereare10000or20000wordsusedbyaverageAmericans.Amongthem,aboutonetenthisslang,whichisusedmoreoftenby
5、everyAmerican.The“hi”,and“bye-bye”areallslangwords.Andthisshowsthatslangcanbeusedwidelyinpeople’sdailylife.ThemodernEnglishslangisconcise,straightforwardandincisive.JustasHaroldWervtworth,theEnglishlinguistssaid:“Slangismorestraightforward,morerefinedandhavemorecharacteristicsthan
6、standardEnglishincommunication”(Catherine,1985:35).ItcantransfernewelementstostandardEnglishwordsandgenerallyspokenwords,andtakeanimportantpartinkeepingthestandardwordsflowingcontinuously.Inthefollowingparts,Iwillanalyzeslangintheaspectsofitsorigin,itssocialfunctionsandsoon.II.Ano
7、verviewonEnglishslangSlangisquiteacontroversiallanguage,peoplehavedifferentattitudestowardit.Itisnowonderthatthedefinitionofslangissovarious.However,theslangtermshavetheirowncharacters,and,ofcourse,thedefinitionsofitaremoreorlessdescribedinthesameway.Slangisakindofspeciallanguagef
8、ormation.Duringalongperiod,therei
