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1、AmericanSlangandSubcultureGroups’UsageAbstract:SlangplaysaveryimportantroleinAmericandailylife.Bystudyingslang,wemayknowmuchaboutculture,includingAmericansubculture,andinturngetbetterunderstandingofslangbylearningtheculturalbackgroundbehindthem.Keywords:Americ
2、anslang;Americanculture,subculturegroupsI.SlangandCultureSlangindifferentlanguagesisderivedfromdifferentorigins,alsodemonstrateculturaldifferences.Differentlanguagesanddifferentgroupsofpeoplemayhavedifferentslang,owingtodifferentlivingenvironments,socialconven
3、tionsandliteraturetradition,etc.So,slangaspartoflanguagearenaturallyindispensabletoculture.Englishaboundsinslangwhicharecharacterizedbytheircolorfulandthought-provokingexpressions,involvinghistory,religion,socialcustomsetc.Slangasaspecialformoflanguageexistsin
4、bothofthemandcarryalargeamountofculturalinformationsuchashistory,geography,religion,custom,nationalitypsychology,thoughtpattern,etc,andthereforearecloselyrelatedtoculture.Theyaretheheritageofhistoryandproductofculturalevolvement.Slangvariesnotonlyaccordingtoth
5、esocialcharacteristicsofdifferentgroupsofpeople(suchasage,sexandoccupation,),butalsoaccordingtothesocialsettinginwhichhefindshimself.II.AmericanSubcultureGroups’SlangAsforsubculturegroup,itisdefinedinWebster'sNewCollegiateDictionaryas:"anethnic,regional,econom
6、ic,orsocialgroupexhibitingcharacteristicpatternsofbehaviorsufficienttodistinguishitfromotherswithinanembracingcultureorsociety".Whilethedefinition,inTheWorldBookDictionary,is"agroupofpeoplewithdistinctculturaltraitswithinacultureorsociety"(WangZhongyan,1993).F
7、romtheabovedefinitionsweknowthatasubculturegroupreferstoagroupofpeoplewithcommondistincttraitsinstatusandconcept,codeofconductandlivingstyle,hobbyandtaste.ThecantsandargotsofsubculturegroupsarethemainsourcesofAmericanslang.Slangcanbeusedtoindicatetowhichcultur
8、egroupthespeakerbelongsandsubculturemembersoftenusethe4so-calledprimaryslangwhichistheirpristinespeech,sonaturaltoitsspeakersthatitseemstheymightbemutewithoutit.Togenerateslang,agr
