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    Appendix With Data: The following chat takes place at Grand West Casino − which participant Y is situated − and the following location take place at‚ participant X ’s home − which will be within participants X ’s bedroom. This chat took place at approximately between the hours of 20h41 to 22h40 on Friday the 29th of March 2013. This chat takes place between two best friends‚ a boy and a girl that have been friends for four years. X: Ur a lil drinker! Lol {You are a little drinker} Y: Aaaahw

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    A) Five signs which society has transformed over time into certain associations and connotations “Rude gesture” “Peace sign” This sign has two meanings‚ when it is viewed this way‚ it is a rude gesture‚ however if it was flipped it could also be seen as a symbol of peace. What is seen now as the “peace sign” once was used as a victory sign. The peace sign which is quite common amongst teenagers today symbolizes friendliness and general well- being

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    Language Catcher in the Rye

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    The American Dialect Society The Language of ’The Catcher in the Rye’ Author(s): Donald P. Costello Source: American Speech‚ Vol. 34‚ No. 3 (Oct.‚ 1959)‚ pp. 172-181 Published by: Duke University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/454038 . Accessed: 30/01/2011 11:19 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part

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    Reflection of My Idiolect

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    Often slang words such as "OMG‚ peng‚ lol‚ fam and convo etc " these words are commonly used on social network sites like Facebook‚ Twitter and MSN messenger; slang like this is becoming a vast growing trend with the click of a button a new word can be made and used by thousands of teenagers all over England. Whilst I was growing up‚ TV was big influence on me and it still is today as it is portrayed in American programmes such as family guy and jersey shore etc‚ these particularly use slang words

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    Test 2

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    1. | Question : | Language performs a ________________‚ which means it allows you to explore and investigate the world‚ solve problems‚ and learn from your discoveries and experiences. | | | Student Answer: | | Personal function | | | | Interactional function | | | | Ritual function | | | | Heuristic function | | Instructor Explanation: | The answer can be found in Section 4.2 of Making Connections. | | | | Points Received: | 1 of 1 | | Comments: | |

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    or her experiences. Children grow up learning to speak in the language of their parents. A child born in Mexico‚ to Mexican Spanish speaking parents‚ is not going to naturally understand American English. Accents are similarly acquired through experience. American English encompasses the whole of English spoken in the United States‚ but it will sound different if you were raised in Wisconsin than if you were raised in Texas. A person will tend to use different terms and words sound different based

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    senses‚ thinking‚ feelings creativity and the way we think. It is imperative that we must understand the phrases and meanings of words before they can properly be used. When language is shaped properly‚ it will assimilate into a culture. Since the English language is rich and varied‚ it offers an array of choices when communicating. Here are a few of those choices. An idiom is a phrase that when spoken outside of a particular culture it seems incomprehensible. This peculiar use of phrases is not taken

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    Busted Definition Essay

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    The word that I chose that can double as slang is Busted. The word has many different meanings depending on the environment in which the word is used and depending on the person‚ and‚ or generation using the word. According to the dictionary‚ the word Busted is the past tense or past participial of the word bust and is from a dialect pronunciation of burst. Bust is both a noun and a verb and has a wide variety of meanings for both uses. Many are slang or informal (Random House‚ 2016). The word Busted

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    colloquial speech. Complex constructions with non-finite forms are rarely used. Familiar-Colloquial Style and Slang (фамильярно-разговорный стиль‚ жаргоны) The familiar-colloquial style used in very free‚ friendly‚ informal situations of communication (between close friends‚ members of one family‚ etc.). Here we find emotionally coloured words‚ low-colloquial vocabulary (просторечная лексика) and slang words. This style admits also of the use of rude and vulgar vocabulary‚ including expletives /obscene words

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    Basic Computer Etiquette

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    Basic computer etiquette‚ usually given the slang term "netiquette‚" is a set of rules and guidelines for proper interaction across the Web. With the proliferation of the Internet to the masses‚ online users‚ especially new ones (called "newbies") may not know how to behave in this virtual world as presenting yourself properly online requires different manners than those used in the real world. Golden Rule 1. According to Albion‚ the web and real world share the same first basic rule:

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