Semantic Change in African American Slang
Semantic change is an important part of African American slang and involves two mechanisms: figuration and shifting. Both are enormously productive and account for numerous slang expressions based on standard English. This paper presents these processes in detail. Partially drawing from the author’s...
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| description | Semantic change is an important part of African American slang and involves two mechanisms: figuration and shifting. Both are enormously productive and account for numerous slang expressions based on standard English. This paper presents these processes in detail. Partially drawing from the author’s earlier publications, the presentation is based on lexical material from a sizable database of citations from contemporary African American sources collected through extensive fieldwork in the United States in recent years. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b895b5b04ba74581ac9bb1199fc869602022-12-21T18:46:47ZengSciendoStudia Anglica Posnaniensia0081-62722013-06-01481294410.2478/stap-2013-0002Semantic Change in African American SlangWidawski Maciej0University of Social Sciences, WarsawSemantic change is an important part of African American slang and involves two mechanisms: figuration and shifting. Both are enormously productive and account for numerous slang expressions based on standard English. This paper presents these processes in detail. Partially drawing from the author’s earlier publications, the presentation is based on lexical material from a sizable database of citations from contemporary African American sources collected through extensive fieldwork in the United States in recent years.https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2013-0002semantic changefigurationsemantic shiftingamerican slang |
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| title | Semantic Change in African American Slang |
| title_full | Semantic Change in African American Slang |
| title_fullStr | Semantic Change in African American Slang |
| title_full_unstemmed | Semantic Change in African American Slang |
| title_short | Semantic Change in African American Slang |
| title_sort | semantic change in african american slang |
| topic | semantic change figuration semantic shifting american slang |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2013-0002 |
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