Essays about: "slang words"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words slang words.

  1. 1. Drag Slang in RuPaul’s Drag Race : Strategies and Success of the Japanese Translation

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Ossi Artturi Väätäinen; [2024]
    Keywords : Drag queen; Slang translation; Audiovisual translation; English Japanese translation; Queer community;

    Abstract : This paper presents a study on the translation of slang used by drag queens. The study aims to examine how the slang used by drag queens in RuPaul’s Drag Race season 12 is translated into Japanese. The translation strategies used are revealed and the faithfulness of the translation is discussed. READ MORE

  3. 2. Making the Old New Again : A Corpus Analysis of Semantic Change in Contemporary American English Slang

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Matthew Gallaher; [2023]
    Keywords : semantics; semantic change; corpus studies; corpus linguistics; slang; collocates; context analysis;

    Abstract : This study used a combination of historical and contemporary corpora to investigate semantic change within the contemporary American English slang words swag, flex, and swole. This study involved two parts. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Hybrid Approach to Hate Speech Detection

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Simon Rickardsson; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : An interesting question is to what extent can background knowledge help in the context of text classification. To address this in more detail, can a traditional rulebased classifier help boost the accuracy of learned models? We explore this here for detecting hate speech and offensive language in online text. READ MORE

  5. 4. “Yebo Gogo, it’s time to braai Mzansi!” Code-Switching, Borrowing, Prestige, Slang, and Persuasion in the Digital Marketing Industry of South Africa

    University essay from

    Author : Daniel Neate; [2022]
    Keywords : Advertising; code-switching; borrowing; slang marketing; covert or overt prestige;

    Abstract : This paper will analyse code-switching, borrowing, slang, and covert or overt prestige in online and television media. The days of OOH (Out Of Home) advertising are becoming obsolete and moving toward a digital age. READ MORE

  6. 5. “What’s up, bro?” : A synchronic corpus study on the use of bro in TV shows

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Felizia Livskog; [2022]
    Keywords : corpus; TV corpus; slang; sociolinguistics; synchronic; bro;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyze the synchronic variation in usage of the word bro in English speaking TV shows that aired 2017, by extracting data from The TV Corpus. In today’s society bro is becoming more and more frequent in use and the increase seems to be partly due to the high level of nuance the word has. READ MORE