Slang as a defining feature of communicative style in Kazakh and English youth discourses
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Keywords:
youth discourse, slang, discourse analysis, Kazakh youth discourse, English- speaking youth discourse, Slanguage, youth communicative style.Abstract
The article proves the existence of a special communicative style in youth discourse. The bright characteristics of the style, i.e. use of slang, is considered on the basis of English and Kazakh youth. In the paper slang is studied in the range of lexical units which cover the term «Slanguage» (Slang language). As a result of discourse analysis of the recorded youth speech, there were defined and compared frequency and its variation depending on age group and gender of participants of communication in the English and Kazakh youth discourses. Thus, the scrutiny showed that in the English discourse majority of slang is nouns, they prevail over adjectives and verbs. In Kazakh most of slang belongs to verbs, then nouns and adjectives. In Kazakh youth discourse dirty words dominate in male youth discourse, and it cannot be often observed in female youth discourse. However, in English youth discourse this indicator varies due to age subgroups of the young.References
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Philadelphia: University of Bergen, 1996. – P. 120-133.
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Pragmatics. – Netherlands: Elsevier, 2005. – P. 40-48.48.
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3 3.Карасик В.И. Языковые ключи. – Волгоград: Перемена, 2007. – 44 с.
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6 6.Georgokopoulou A., Charalambidou A. Doing age and ageing. Language, discourse and social interaction. – London, 2011.
– P. 5-6.
7 7.Eckert P. Language and adolescent peer groups // Journal of language and social psychology.– 2003. – Vol. 22. – P. 57.
8 8.Гальперин И.Р. О термине сленг // Вопросы языкознания. – 1956. – C. 15.
9 9.Lighter J.E. Introduction. Historical Dictionary of American Slang. – New York: Random House. – 1978. – Vol. 1. – P. 13-15.
10 10.Громов Д.В. Сленг молодежных субкультур: лексическая структура и особенности формирования // Русский язык в
научном освещении.– 2009. – №1. – C. 9.
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12 12.Сергеев В.К. Молодежная субкультура в условиях мегаполиса. – Москва: Наука, 2001. – С. 23-25.
13 13.Falk G. and Falk U., Youth culture and the generation gap. – New York: Algora Publishing, 2005. – P. 15-16.
14 14.Ayto J. and Simpson J., The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang: Oxford University Press, 2005. – 26 p.
15 15.Eckert P. Clothing and geography in a suburban high school // Researching American culture. – Ann Arbor: University of
Michigan Press, 1980. – P. 139-145.
16 16.Eckert P. Linguistic variation as social practice. – Oxford: Blackwell, 2000. – P. 26.
17 17.Eckert P. Jocks and burnouts: Social categories and identity in the high school. – New York: Teachers College Press, 1989.
– P. 30-31.
18 18.Stenström A., Andersen G., Hasund I.K. Trends in Teenage Talk. Corpus compilation, analysis and findings. – Amsterdam,
Philadelphia: University of Bergen, 1996. – P. 120-133.
19 19.Channell J. Vague Language. – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. – P. 38.
20 20.Tagliamonte S. So Who, Like how, Just what? Discourse markers in the conversations of young Canadians // Journal of
Pragmatics. – Netherlands: Elsevier, 2005. – P. 40-48.
1 1.Halliday M.A.K. Language as Social Semiotic // The Social Interpretation of Language and Meaning. – 1978. – 125 p.
2 2.Karasik V.I. Jazykovoj krug: lichnost’, koncepty, diskurs. – Volgograd: Peremena, 2002. – S. 35-37.
3 3.Karasik V.I. Jazykovye kljuchi. – Volgograd: Peremena, 2007. – 44 s.
4 4.Kulikova L. V. Kommunikativnyj stil’ v mezhkul’turnoj paradigme. – Krasnojarsk, 2006. – S. 3-5.
5 5.Shiffrin D. Approaches to Discourse. – Oxford, Cambridge: MA, 1994. – P. 20-23.
6 6.Georgokopoulou A., Charalambidou A. Doing age and ageing. Language, discourse and social interaction. – London, 2011.
– P. 5-6.
7 7.Eckert P. Language and adolescent peer groups // Journal of language and social psychology.– 2003. – Vol. 22. – P. 57.
8 8.Gal’perin I.R. O termine sleng // Voprosy jazykoznanija. – 1956. – C. 15.
9 9.Lighter J.E. Introduction. Historical Dictionary of American Slang. – New York: Random House. – 1978. – Vol. 1. – P. 13-15.
10 10.Gromov D.V. Sleng molodezhnyh subkul’tur: leksicheskaja struktura i osobennosti formirovanija // Russkij jazyk v nauchnom
osveshhenii.– 2009. – №1. – C. 9.
11 11.Sergeev S. A. Molodezhnye subkul’tury v respublike // Sociologicheskie issledovanija. – 1998. – № 11. – S. 23-25.
12 12.Sergeev V.K. Molodezhnaja subkul’tura v uslovijah megapolisa. – Moskva: Nauka, 2001. – S. 23-25.
13 13.Falk G. and Falk U., Youth culture and the generation gap. – New York: Algora Publishing, 2005. – P. 15-16.
14 14.Ayto J. and Simpson J., The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang: Oxford University Press, 2005. – 26 p.
15 15.Eckert P. Clothing and geography in a suburban high school // Researching American culture. – Ann Arbor: University of
Michigan Press, 1980. – P. 139-145.
16 16.Eckert P. Linguistic variation as social practice. – Oxford: Blackwell, 2000. – P. 26.
17 17.Eckert P. Jocks and burnouts: Social categories and identity in the high school. – New York: Teachers College Press, 1989.
– P. 30-31.
18 18.Stenström A., Andersen G., Hasund I.K. Trends in Teenage Talk. Corpus compilation, analysis and findings. – Amsterdam,
Philadelphia: University of Bergen, 1996. – P. 120-133.
19 19.Channell J. Vague Language. – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. – P. 38.
20 20.Tagliamonte S. So Who, Like how, Just what? Discourse markers in the conversations of young Canadians // Journal of
Pragmatics. – Netherlands: Elsevier, 2005. – P. 40-48.48.
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Bekzhanova Z. Е. (2016). Slang as a defining feature of communicative style in Kazakh and English youth discourses. Eurasian Journal of Philology: Science and Education, 157(5). Retrieved from https://philart.kaznu.kz/index.php/1-FIL/article/view/1641
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