What is slang? Well according to the urban dictionary and to summarize it slang is basically a shortened way of saying something, but also stands for or means something else. While there is slang in all languages the one in english is the one I am more familiar with. So slang basically has a certain age group to it. It is mostly seen in the youth. But i use that word very lightly because it does not limit its self to the youth or teens, as anyone can use it and any demographic does use it. While slang is mostly seen in speech it is not limited to just speech and can be seen in text too. But since it is in speech seen mostly it is slightly harder to pin point the exact word that is being said as it is kinda hard to spell a slang word

So with slang it is mostly seen as compounding, which is the combining of already existing lexemes. Basically a compound word, an example I actually used earlier would be the word ‘kinda’ this word is a combination of the words ‘kind’ and ‘of’ creating the word ‘kinda’ meaning almost like or relatively too. more examples of this type of compounding is ‘yall’ (you + all), ’bouta'(about + to), ‘gonna'(going + to), ‘shoulda'(should + of), ‘woulda'(would + of), ‘coulda'(could +of), ‘hangry'(hungry + angry), and ‘trynna'(trying + to). These examples of compounding are the type of slang words that stick to the meaning of their original words. Where one could imply the meaning of the word without actually ever hearing the word of just from context clues.

There is another part of slang as mention earlier that the word may stand for soe thing else, so where one can simply not know what the word means from context clues or they actually need the word defines to them for them to know. This can come in the form of compounding or deprivation. we know what compounding as mentioned before is, but deprivation is taking in a lexeme and an affix and then having a word come out from that. For deprivation not many slang words come to mind but a couple would be ‘trashy’ and ‘edgy’. These do mean what is implied by them though. Some words that done mean as implied by them would be compounding mostly but also a mix such as: ‘lit’ ‘in my bag’ ‘cappin’ ‘stunnin’ and ‘bussin’. These words or phrases have a different meaning than one can see from just the words. If one is not familiar with the words then it would be hard to see the meaning of the words and get the jist of what is being said.

References

Real definitions for real slang words. The Online Slang Dictionary | Real definitions. Real slang. (n.d.). Retrieved December 16, 2021, from http://onlineslangdictionary.com/.

Urban dictionary. Urban Dictionary. (n.d.). Retrieved December 16, 2021, from https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Urban+Dictionary

So for my final essay I have the thought of a topic and kinda a basis but not exactly sure what to expand on. So recently I have encountered people that are not familiar with the slang I am using. Some examples were ‘in my bag’, ‘cappin’, and ‘zooted’. Just some examples and I was either told not to use them as it didn’t look good for the person or just that i had to explain myself as to how i came across the word and even had to urban dictionary it for them to believe that it was a real word. So i will be trying to find where the words originated and how they were intended to be used then how they are used now. So i figured thats what i would like to do but I am not sure how to expand on that and relate it back to our class topics. Also how many words should I be working with, because there is way to many slang words to do ‘most’ but I also don’t know how much and what they should be. Also for research sources like i plan on googling and searching the words and see what i get as a result. I’ll be using the class text i believe and maybe the csi library as a resource if i need it. I dont think i need to survey people but i do think it would be interesting as to see if people know the words and their meaning because that part really interests me. So im also not sure how to go about it.

Endocentric:

Apple pie – [[apple]n[pie]n]N

Pecan pie – [[pecan]n[pie]n]N

Waffle fry – [[waffle]n[fry]n]N

Exocentric:

Ice cream – [[ice]n[cream]n]N

Ice cube – [[ice]n[cube]n]N

1- Verb to noun: -ment 

punish –> punishment

argue –> argument

assign –> assignment

2: noun to verb: -en

light –>lighten

strength –> strengthen

fright –> frighten

3: Output of 1 with input of 2

punishment –> punishmenten

argument –> argumenten

assignment –> assignementen

With the outcome punishmenten, arguementen, and assignmenten they are clearly words that are not well formed nor are they already existing words. The two affixes that i had chosen dont go hand in hand together, like most, but some words are always an exception. A working two affixes would be carelessness and apprehensiveness. But analyzing my chosen ones dont qualify. This process seems to work with words that go from noun to noun changing. It does not seem to work with noun to verb to noun changing words as the meaning is lost even though it can be a word.

With simplex words things can not be broken down further into smaller meaningful parts. While with complex the word can be broken down into smaller parts. So a simplex word only has one constituent and a complex has more than one. For the words provided it can go either way as the five words have the unit word ‘for’ and the second part as a meaningful word. So I would say the words are complex as I can see ‘for’ being its own separate meaning pre word. Now I do not know what ‘for’ would possibly mean but it makes sense on the surface. But since I do not know what it means I can see it also being simplex. As even though they all have the same ‘for’ unit word it could just be a  coincidence and simply mean nothing more to it. But since i think i need to choose either simplex or complex id be leaning more for complex as it seems like the more upfront gut choice.