Development of Modern American Slang and its Influence

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1、ContentsAbstract…………………………………………………………………..1KeyWords………………………………………………………………..1摘要……………………………………………………………………1关键词……………………………………………………………………11.Introduction…………………………………………………………….22.Thedefinitionofslang…………………………………………………23.TheBackgroundofModernAmericanSlanganditsSources……….

2、..43.1TheBackgroundofModernAmericanSlang……………………………….43.2ThesourcesofModernAmericanSlang…………………………………….54.ThebasicfeaturesofmodernAmericanslangandsocialfunction……64.1ThebasicfeaturesofmodernAmericanslang……………………………….64.2Socialfunctions……………………………………………………………..105.American

3、slang’scurrentsituationandprospect……………………..135.1ThestatusofmodernAmericanslang………………………………………145.2ModernAmericanslang’sinfluenceonEnglish…………………………….145.3Americanslang’sprospect………………………………………………….166.Conclusion……………………………………………………………16Bibliography……………………………………………………………

4、.1718DevelopmentofModernAmericanSlanganditsInfluenceAbstract：ModernAmericanslangisaveryimportantpartofAmericanEnglishandaquitespeciallanguagewhichhasalonghistoryandanimportantpositionintheUnitedStates.19thcentury,“WestwardMovement”wastopromotetheformationofAmericanslang;2

5、0thcenturywasaperiodofitsrapiddevelopment.Inthedevelopmentprocess,theAmericanslanggraduallyformeditsownstylefeatures:fashionable,humor,simple,vivid,popularandeasytounderstand,easytoexpressfeelings,updatedquickly.Atthesametime,itsroleinsocietyisreflectedon:theidentityofthe

6、speakerstatus,groupmemberstostrengthentherelationshipofeachother;reflectthespeaker’slevelofeducationandculturequalityandtoreflecttheattitudeoftheAmericansforthesocialreality,provokethevigoroflanguageandovercomethecommunicationalbarrierForthemodernAmericanslang,scholarshav

7、edifferentattitudes,buttheycannotdenythatitsemergenceistheneedofsocietyandthetimes.KeyWords:ModernAmericanslang’sdefinition;backgroundandsources;basicfeaturesandsocialfunctions;itscurrentsituationandprospect.摘要：现代美国俚语作为美国英语的一部分，是一种相当特殊的语言形式，具有悠久的历史，在美国英语中占有重要的地位。19世纪美洲大陆的

8、“西进运动”促使了美国俚语的形成，20世纪则是美国俚语迅速发展的时期。在发展的过程中，美国俚语逐渐形成了自己的风格特点：时尚、幽默风趣、简单明了、生动形象、易于表达情感、更新迅速等。同时，它在