| Title: | An Analysis of Slang in English and Slovene Teen Magazines |
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| Authors: | ID Volavšek, Polonca (Author)
ID Jutronić, Dunja (Mentor) More about this mentor...  |
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| Files: |  MAG_Volavsek_Polonca_2011.pdf (731,33 KB)
MD5: 882EF022ADDE7A1D704C793D13F87C19
PID: 20.500.12556/dkum/a8cab33e-db20-4ac7-9923-a591fbb3fe29
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Master's thesis |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
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| Abstract: | The thesis is about slang in English and Slovene teen magazines. In the theoretical section, I present and comment on different definitions of slang. I describe the history of slang and development of slang dictionaries. In addition, I point out kinds of slang and the most frequently discussed misinterpretations about slang. I draw attention to features of slang, reasons for using slang and speakers’ attitude towards slang in comparison to other social varieties of a language. I also examine textese – the language of SMS messages.
In the empirical section, I analyse slang in four English and three Slovene teen magazines and focus primarily on vocabulary and grammar. The results have confirmed my core hypothesis about the presence of slang in written language. I also hypothesize that slang influences changes in grammar, although they are not as transparent as vocabulary changes. These findings have partly confirmed my hypothesis. English teen magazines offer a wide rage of non-standard grammatical examples which show a correlation between slang and changes in slang grammar. However, I found no non-standard grammatical features of Slovene slang.
Furthermore, the subject of my research was the presence of SMS messages in slang. The analysis has shown that some language elements of SMS messages appear in English and Slovene teen magazines. Besides, I was interested in the impact of foreign loanwords in English and Slovene slang. I established that there are only a few examples of German loanwords in English slang. On the contrary, I found a large number of English loanwords in Slovene slang. |
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| Keywords: | Slang, SMS messages, teen magazines, influence of slang on vocabulary and grammar. |
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| Place of publishing: | Maribor |
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| Publisher: | [P. Volavšek] |
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| Year of publishing: | 2010 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-17893 |
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| UDC: | [811.111:811.163.6]'276.3-053.6(043.2) |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 18237448 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:VZ7EJJPQ |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 15.03.2012 |
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| Views: | 5042 |
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| Downloads: | 303 |
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| Categories: | FF
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