A comparative analysis of Englishwritten slang by Dutch L2 and English (U.S.) L1 hip-hop songwriters.
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2025-01-09
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To what extent do Dutch hip-hop songwriters that write English lyrics show differences or similarities in their slang usage in comparison to English hip-hop songwriters from the U.S.? (2) What are the functions (social, psychological, rhetorical and cultural) of the written slang words? As a popular genre in the Netherlands hip-hop accommodates to local language and culture (De Roest, 2020). Additionally, the context bound nature of slang within hip-hop makes it an interesting area for research (Zhou and Fan, 2013). The study compared English lyrics by native English (U.S.) songwriters and Dutch songwriters and artists that were acquired through Genius.com. The results showed that more slang occurred in the L1 English corpora, the functions of slang were similarly distributed in both corpora and five main themes were found for slang words.
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