Slang Investigation
1 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF DANANG
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The study has been completed at the College of Foreign Languages, University of Danang
LƯƠNG TH H NG CHI
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. LƯU QUÝ KHƯƠNG
AN INVESTIGATION INTO MORPHOLOGICAL, SEMANTIC AND CULTURAL FEATURES OF SLANG IN ENGLISH HIP HOP SONGS
Field Code : The English Language : 60.22.15
Examiner 1: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngô Đình Phương Examiner 2: H Th Ki u Oanh, Ph. D.
The thesis was be orally defended at the Examining Committee Time: October 2012 Venue: University of Danang
M.A. THESIS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (A SUMMARY)
The origin of the thesis is accessible for the purpose of reference at: - The College of Foreign Languages Library, University of Danang Danang, 2012 - Information Resources Centre, University of Danang
3 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. RATIONALE Slang is a subject that provokes strong emotions. It is spoken by people in daily speech, and a large number of them can even be found in magazines and literary works. With the development of the society, slang is widely used by more and more people. It is accepted by both upper-classes and lower-classes, and especially college students who tend to use up-to-date words that form a kind of characteristic style of themselves. However, people’s attitude toward slang varies greatly. Some people think that slang cannot be used on formal occasions, for it is spoken by the people of lower classes only and the slang terms are so coarse. Some even think that slang is the rude language, and avoid using it. However, others hold the opposite idea. They think that slang plays an important role in the language because of its fresh, lifelike, humor and adequate expressions. One must admit the undeniable fact that slang is spoken by more and more people. In the modern time, if one is not familiar with slang, he or she could not capture the slang expressions in the movie, fictions and even in their favourite songs and, what is worse,
2
The study has been completed at the College of Foreign Languages, University of Danang
LƯƠNG TH H NG CHI
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. LƯU QUÝ KHƯƠNG
AN INVESTIGATION INTO MORPHOLOGICAL, SEMANTIC AND CULTURAL FEATURES OF SLANG IN ENGLISH HIP HOP SONGS
Field Code : The English Language : 60.22.15
Examiner 1: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngô Đình Phương Examiner 2: H Th Ki u Oanh, Ph. D.
The thesis was be orally defended at the Examining Committee Time: October 2012 Venue: University of Danang
M.A. THESIS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (A SUMMARY)
The origin of the thesis is accessible for the purpose of reference at: - The College of Foreign Languages Library, University of Danang Danang, 2012 - Information Resources Centre, University of Danang
3 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. RATIONALE Slang is a subject that provokes strong emotions. It is spoken by people in daily speech, and a large number of them can even be found in magazines and literary works. With the development of the society, slang is widely used by more and more people. It is accepted by both upper-classes and lower-classes, and especially college students who tend to use up-to-date words that form a kind of characteristic style of themselves. However, people’s attitude toward slang varies greatly. Some people think that slang cannot be used on formal occasions, for it is spoken by the people of lower classes only and the slang terms are so coarse. Some even think that slang is the rude language, and avoid using it. However, others hold the opposite idea. They think that slang plays an important role in the language because of its fresh, lifelike, humor and adequate expressions. One must admit the undeniable fact that slang is spoken by more and more people. In the modern time, if one is not familiar with slang, he or she could not capture the slang expressions in the movie, fictions and even in their favourite songs and, what is worse,