MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF KAZAKHSTAN EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AFTER GUMILYOV L.N. FOREIGN PHILOLOGY DEPARTMENT ESSAY “The role of slang in our lives” Ogureyeva Inna F.Ph.-32(a) 0502100 Foreign Philology ASTANA 2012 Introduction Language propels everyday life and keeps us in touch with one another. Through many historical reviews we have increasing our knowledge about the ways of using this language – telegrams‚ post‚ telephone‚
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Argot (pronounced /ˈɑrɡoʊ/; French‚ Spanish‚ Romanian and Catalan for "slang") is a secret language used by various groups—including‚ but not limited to‚ thieves and other criminals—to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. The term argot is also used to refer to the informal specialized vocabulary from a particular field of study‚ hobby‚ job‚ sport‚ etc. The author Victor Hugo was one of the first to research argot extensively.[1] He describes it in his novel‚ Les Misérables‚
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The British returned in force in August 1776‚ landing in New York and engaging the fledgling Continental Army at the Battle of Brooklyn in one of the largest engagements of the war. They eventually seized New York City and nearly captured General Washington. The British made the city their main political and military base of operations in North America‚ holding it until 1783‚ when they relinquished it under the terms of the Treaty of Paris. Patriot evacuation and British military occupation made
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Chapter II Peculiarities of British and American variants in the English language II. 1. Peculiarities of American and British English and their differences II. 2. American and British English lexical differences II. 3. Grammatical Peculiarities of American and British English II. 4. Social and cultural differences Conclusion Bibliography Appendix Introduction The theme of my Diploma paper is “Peculiarities of British and American variants in the English Language”
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a barrier … curse‚ words‚ slang etc.. have kept many students from becoming college writers. I am against the use of informal English at all levels of learning systems. It should particularly be discouraged at the very initial stages of learning to avert the disaster of having children hooked to informal language which will sabotage their ability to becoming college professional writers at a later age when in college. When students are so much used to using the slang language verbally‚ it automatically
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features of Cognitive Metaphor and Slang 5 1.Feature Articles: Conceptual Metaphor in Everyday Language‚ Metaphors We Live By 5 2. Feature Articles: Magical Slang: Ritual‚ Language and Trench Slang of the Western front 6 Chapter II. Cognitive Metaphor and Slang 9 1. Lakoff & Johnson’s Theory of Metaphor 9 2. What is slang? 12 3. Cognitive Metaphor in New English Slang 13 4. Examples of slang‚ it’s characteristics and analysis 17 Conclusion 29 Literature 32 All slang is metaphor‚ and all metaphor is
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legislature. The President acts as head of government and as ceremonial head of state. Most European countries have parliamentary systems whereas the USA has the best known example of a presidential system. Presidential systems can also be found in Latin American states and in some Asian and African countries. Describing a system of gov’t as ’presidential’‚ however‚ does not necessarily that the country has a president rather than a monarch as its head of state. Ireland and Germany‚ for example‚ both have
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paper clarifies the veritable meaning of British Creole since it is not only a Creole but an ethnolect of the Black British community‚ whereas some people may say that it is a vernacular of British English. The linguist Peter L. Patrick claims that British Creole is the product of contact between the Creole language varieties of migrants from the Caribbean‚ and vernacular varieties of Urban English English. (Peter L. Patrick 2003: 231) So one could say that British Creole is a compounded variety of the
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The British are coming! The British are coming!" This infamous quote is by Paul Revere‚ a messenger of the Boston Committee of Correspondence. He managed to deliver the message to the townspeople as well as Sam Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming to confiscate their weapons. This warning soon turned into a historical event that put the Revolution into full swing. In 1764‚ a year after the French and Indian war‚ the Sugar act was passed. This act forced the colonist to pay a 3¢ tax
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(there are many) that helped the American colonies defeat the British in the Revolutionary War. Colonial forces were clearly outmatched by the British in sheer numbers‚ training‚ experience and equipment. Despite the clear advantage held by British forces‚ the American colonies managed to defeat them by making allies‚ using new innovative combat techniques‚ and by possessing the homefield advantage. A combination of all of these advantageous attributes allowed the American forces to overcome their superior
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