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1、美国俚语中的文化特征----英语语言学论文-->Abstractentofthesociety,slangisacceptedbymoreandmoreAmericans.ThisthesisanalysesfeaturesandfunctionsofAmericanslang.TheauthordraericanslangreflectstheculturalcharacteristicsofAmericans’humor,informality,self-confidence,anti-authority,innovationconsciousnessandpursuitfortimee
2、fficiency.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。IntroductionEnglishslangcanbedefinedtomoncolloquiallanguage,andaccordingtothedefinitionoftheConciseOxfordEnglishDictionary(1985),slangisusuallyusedascolloquialagazineandliteraryayfindalargenumberofthem
3、.entofthesociety,slangisoreandmorepeople,especiallyinAmerica,slangcanbefoundfavorableintheAmericans’eyes.Itisacceptedbybothupper-classandloakindofcharacteristicstyleofthemselves.SlangplaysanimportantpartinAmericanEnglish.ItisreportedthatslangaccountsforoneofthetenthofAmericanaveragevocabulary.Peopl
4、e’sattitudetopersontoperson.Somethinkthatslangcannotbeusedontheformaloccasion,foritisspokenbytheilliteratepeopleonlyandtheslangtermsaresocoarse.Someeventhinkthatslangisthefilthylanguage,andadvocateabandoningusingit.HoportantroleinEnglishlanguage,becauseofitsfresh,lifelike,humorandadequateexpression
5、s.Onemustadmittheundeniablefactthatslangisspokenbymoreandmorepeople.Inmoderntimes,ifoneisnotfamiliarericanslangheorshecouldnotcapturetheslangexpressionsinthemovieandmonfictions,and,akemistakesericans.Anexample?),and,ofcourse,akethetouristsurprise.Itistheuneducatedvulgarityofexpressionatall.Therefor
6、e,oneshouldbearinmindthatitisveryimportanttostudylanguageinasocioculturalcontext;thelanguagehasexistedinclosecontacttheexampleonecanknoisusingslangisunderstandinginthemunication.ItcannottellothersthatoneisgoodatEnglish.Itisnotthus;moreoveritshoericansspeakcolorful,idiomaticEnglishthatmayhavelittler
7、esemblancetothela-->nguageonestudiedinschool.EvenanativeEnglishspeakermightbeconfusedbythebinationofslangthatcharacterizesAmericanconversation.SoitisveryimportanttocapturetheAmericanslangexpressioninorderto