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TABOO LANGUAGE
(Socially unacceptable language)
This is the use of expletives / use of “filthy” language.
How would you explain the meaning of “filthy” language to someone who did not understand the term?
In all societies there are certain words which are considered taboo . Taboo is a Tongan word which means “acts that are forbidden or to be avoided , or reference to these acts.” Some words are taboo because they refer to religious customs.
In our culture, taboo words or socially unacceptable language can be defined as:
[LO 1.7; 2.4.4; 6.5]
SLANGUAGE
(Slang language)
Almost everyone uses slang on some occasions. Slang can be defined as “one of those things that everybody can recognize and nobody can define.” The use of slang introduces many new words into the language by combining old words into new meanings, or an entirely new word. Words are ‘slang’ when they have not gained total acceptability.
An introduction to language by V Fromkin and R Rodman
to be spaced out | to barf | grass / pot | to ‘split’ |
have a hang-up | to be pooped | something is cool | the fuzz |
TV | |
hot-dog | |
belly-button | |
once in a blue moon |
(a) – (e)
[LO 1.3; 2.4.1; 6.5]
Spelling and Vocabulary
SHIP-WORDS!
CHALLENGE!
What animal is known as “the ship of the desert” ?
What does it mean when someone says “my ship came in / home”?
What is a “shipboard romance”?
WORDS ENDING IN -SHIP
[LO 3.11]
The really big love boat story
(by Fiona Chisholm – About the movie – TITANIC)
Read this extract taken from Arts and Entertainment, Cape Times, Friday, 19 December 1997. Some words in the extract have been left out and replaced with a number; other words have been printed in bold and underlined.
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