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1、ContentsAbstract…………………………………………………………………..1KeyWords………………………………………………………………..1摘要……………………………………………………………………1關鍵詞……………………………………………………………………11.Introduction…………………………………………………………….22.Thedefinitionofslang…………………………………………………23.TheBackgroundofModernAmericanSlanganditsSources……….
2、..43.1TheBackgroundofModernAmericanSlang……………………………….43.2ThesourcesofModernAmericanSlang…………………………………….54.ThebasicfeaturesofmodernAmericanslangandsocialfunction……64.1ThebasicfeaturesofmodernAmericanslang……………………………….64.2Socialfunctions……………………………………………………………..105.American
3、slang’scurrentsituationandprospect……………………..135.1ThestatusofmodernAmericanslang………………………………………145.2ModernAmericanslang’sinfluenceonEnglish…………………………….145.3Americanslang’sprospect………………………………………………….166.Conclusion……………………………………………………………16Bibliography……………………………………………………………
4、.1718DevelopmentofModernAmericanSlanganditsInfluenceAbstract：ModernAmericanslangisaveryimportantpartofAmericanEnglishandaquitespeciallanguagewhichhasalonghistoryandanimportantpositionintheUnitedStates.19thcentury,“WestwardMovement”wastopromotetheformationofAmericanslang;2
5、0thcenturywasaperiodofitsrapiddevelopment.Inthedevelopmentprocess,theAmericanslanggraduallyformeditsownstylefeatures:fashionable,humor,simple,vivid,popularandeasytounderstand,easytoexpressfeelings,updatedquickly.Atthesametime,itsroleinsocietyisreflectedon:theidentityofthe
6、speakerstatus,groupmemberstostrengthentherelationshipofeachother;reflectthespeaker’slevelofeducationandculturequalityandtoreflecttheattitudeoftheAmericansforthesocialreality,provokethevigoroflanguageandovercomethecommunicationalbarrierForthemodernAmericanslang,scholarshav
7、edifferentattitudes,buttheycannotdenythatitsemergenceistheneedofsocietyandthetimes.KeyWords:ModernAmericanslang’sdefinition;backgroundandsources;basicfeaturesandsocialfunctions;itscurrentsituationandprospect.摘要：現(xiàn)代美國俚語作為美國英語的一部分，是一種相當特殊的語言形式，具有悠久的歷史，在美國英語中占有重要的地位。19世紀美洲大陸的
8、“西進運動”促使了美國俚語的形成，20世紀則是美國俚語迅速發(fā)展的時期。在發(fā)展的過程中，美國俚語逐漸形成了自己的風格特點：時尚、幽默風趣、簡單明了、生動形象、易于表達情感、更新迅速等。同時，它在
