1. Humor--- One Big Characteristic Of American Slang
... as follows. 1.2 Adjective comparative degree and superlative degree using "dualism", e.g., a more larger list of scepters (Anthony and Cleopatra, 676) £ »the most worst winter (Winter Tale, •o,2,180)etc. 1.2.1 Anomalistic verb past voice +ed in the end of words, e.g., comed (came),seed(saw), knowed (knew)etc. 1.2.2 Past participles and verbs in past tense are used interchangeably: (1) I seen him walk up. ... run counter to standard grammar. Slang, however, does not care much about the grammar logical relation and pragmatics formula. The purpose of such use is to achieve relaxation ...
- Word Count: 3723
- Approx Pages: 15
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School