ANT253H1 Lecture 7: Lecture 7
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It is a code: variant. y argot: criminal slang. Gangs/mafia. y cant: those who walk the streets for sexual purposes. Prostitutes. y teenagers use slang the most. y emotional mode of communication: dude, jock, chick. y slang is highly ironic. Vocabulary: connotative profiling y ask females what they thought that made a male attractive, etc. & vise versa. y y language used in this way to present yourself. y long word: na ve. , spaghetti. Jargon: form of slang: there is no english word for it, so we borrow it and if it becomes used often it stays. Fills a gap. y when borrowing you don t adapt to the grammar. Necessary versus luxury loans y 75% english language is from another source (other languages). y zero-place holder. Example: car miles. y borrowing words is a rule not the exception. Metaphor y what is metaphor? y bilingual interference.
