问答网 问答 小学 英语 LoveitorhateitthereisnoescapefromInternetslang(俚语).ThisisespeciallytrueamongyoungpeopleinsomeEnglish-speakingcountriessuchasAustraliatheUKandtheUS.Thesedaysiftheyhaven’tcaughtupwiththelates
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LoveitorhateitthereisnoescapefromInternetslang(俚语).ThisisespeciallytrueamongyoungpeopleinsomeEnglish-speakingcountriessuchasAustraliatheUKandtheUS.Thesedaysiftheyhaven’tcaughtupwiththelates
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LoveitorhateitthereisnoescapefromInternetslang(俚语).

ThisisespeciallytrueamongyoungpeopleinsomeEnglish-speakingcountriessuchasAustraliatheUKandtheUS.Thesedaysiftheyhaven’tcaughtupwiththelatestpopularInternetslangchancesarethattheyoftenfeelbehindthetimes.

TakethesepostsbyTheWashingtonPostforexample:“DavidBowiedyingistotestradge”and“WhenCookiehuggedJamalitmademetotesemosh.”

Whatonearthdothesemean?Well“totes”isashortformoftheadverb“totally”.Likewise“tradge”means“tragic”and“emosh”means“emotional”.

Itseemsthatformillennials(thosebornbetweentheearly1980sandlate1990s)typinginthisabbreviatedformisnotonlytime-savingbutalsoin.

Manymillennialslangwordsareformedbywhatlinguists(语言学家)callthepracticeof “totesing”—thesystematicabbreviationofwordsaccordingtoarecentarticleinTheWashingtonPost.

SomepeoplethinkthatmillennialslangaffectstheEnglishlanguagenegatively.HoweverMelbourneUniversitylinguistRoseyBillingtondoesn’tagree.

“Whenyouareabletouselanguageinacreativewayyoushowyouarelinguisticallyknowledgeablebecauseyouknowthelanguageruleswellenoughtousewordsinadifferentway.”BillingtontoldNews.com.au.

HerviewissupportedbytwolinguistsLaurenSpradlinandTaylorJonesfromtheCityUniversityofNewYorkandtheUniversityofPennsylvaniarespectively.Thetwobelievethattotes-speakisahighly-organizedsystemthatcanonlybeusedbyspeakerswhohavemasteredEnglishpronunciation.

Theabilitytobreakapartsyllables(音节)andmixdifferentsoundstogetheriskey.“Totesingisaboutsoundsanditfollowsthesometimes-complexsoundsystemofEnglish”JonestoldTheWashingtonPost.“Totesingisconsideredrandombysomepeoplebutit’snottrue.Insteadithasstrictrulestofollow.YouneedtobeveryfluentintheEnglishlanguagetobeabletounderstandtotes-speak.”

25.Howdoestheauthorexplainthemeaningoftotesing?

A.Withcomparisons. B.Throughexamples.

C.Bylistingfacts. D.Byanalyzingcausesandeffects.

26.WhatisLaurenSpradlin’sattitudetowardthepracticeof

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