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    of the August Oxford dictionary‚ explains how American English has “always taken pride in its slang” and references Walt Whitman from the nineteenth century saying that slang is the “American spirit distilled into language.” He often looks in different magazines to pick up new terms. John Simon‚ a critic of the New York Magazine‚ believes that through the ignorance of grammar rules and the use of slang will lead to the language’s downfall. While he admits‚ change may be unavoidable‚ he also make

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    Describing the apartment as a cage is one of the ways Burgess uses diction to convey Alex’s reaction to the government control. The most prominent fiction in the novel is the use of Nadsat‚ Burgess insisted that no-glossary be provided with the novel in order to immerse the reader in the language. Burgess uses it to reinforce the setting he tries to create and emphasize the satirical aspects of the novel. Nadsat is also used to; distance the audience from the violence which allows the audience to

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    The technology of humans will continue to be more advanced and used frequently. After every new invention‚ the next best thing will be coming after that. As humans‚ it is something that we will continue to work on; however‚ it will never overtake us as humans. It is part of our instincts to have interaction with one another no matter what we do. That is why‚ regardless of the technology‚ is will never completely consume us. According to Smith‚ “some of the software currently shaping their generation

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    Katamba‚ Francis. (1993). Morphology: Modern Linguistics Series. New Jersey: Prentice hall Inc. Rahmawati‚ Afifah. (2010). “Word Formation Processes on Slang Words Used by Transsexual” O’Grady and Guzman Yule‚ George. (1985). The Study of Language. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Wydiasari‚ Christina. (2011) “Word formation analysis on slang words in the Indonesia Teenager’s novel” Online Materials

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    people that you felt‚ and never learning the lessons you learned from it. Ever since their publications over a century ago‚ the novels of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer have been very controversial and have caused many arguments. The style and slang that Mark Twain used was‚ at the time‚ acceptable and normal to people who lived in the South‚ where the Black race was frowned upon. In the book Huckleberry Finn‚ the word “nigger” is used a total of 219 times. However‚ now-a-days when Blacks are

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    Clockwork Orange by blending two forms of effective speech into the vocabulary of the narrator and protagonist‚ Alex. Burgess‚ through his character Alex‚ uses the common or "proper" method of vernacular in certain situations‚ while uses his own inventive slang-language called "Nadsat" for others. Many experts believe that the use of these two types of language and the switching from one to another indicates a social commentary that Burgess is attempting to convey. Burgess also uses the device of the pseudo

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    encyclopaedia book. Errol wonders why dolly lives out here. 2. Main characters evident Dolly Nan Dear Errol Gladys 3. Techniques evident in Rainbows End Rhetorical Question/Slang – Dolly – “Fair dinkum?” Imagery – Dolly – “So you’re from the big smoke?” Slang – Dolly – “ ‘Spose” Metaphor – Dolly – “Oi you little monkeys” Slang – Cousin – “ ‘Nother time then‚ Dolores” Quote – Dolly – “You people?” Rhetorical Question – “Well who knows...?” Rhetorical Question – Gladys “Did you see that photograph that

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    different slangs? It is that easy to notice how people speak. Just go out and step into the world of speech communities. The one I’ll be talking about in this paper is‚ one specific side of my family‚ the household of dad’s brother’s side. First we will distinguish‚ who are these people? Where are they from? What do they and where they are from look like? The genders in the household? The races? The average age

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    speak depends on the environment and to whom we are speaking to. For instance when speaking in a classroom to a peer we speak however like; most likely to be slang whereas when speaking to the teacher in the classroom we speak much more formally than we would have done whilst speaking to our peers. The public attitude towards to speaking slang is seen to be quite

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    method yet. For those people who are in the criminology field‚ or a cop‚ or even only taken a few courses‚ will soon realize that you have already learned the language in your field. When people who specialize in a certain field start using their “slang” or jargon‚ they find that many people do not understand a word you are saying. How will knowing researchese help someone that is in the criminology field? I think it will help in many ways

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