A Comparative Typological Study of Italian and Georgian Jargon Words  

作　　者：Nikoloz Esakia 

机构地区：[1]Ivane Javakhishvili State University,Tbilisi,Georgia

出　　处：《Sino-US English Teaching》2022年第6期220-229,共10页中美英语教学（英文版）

摘　　要：Italian youth speak their own language.The language used by youth can be considered a special language.Italian youth language has different functions.The functions which should be distinguished are:entertainment,expression,identity,and secrecy.Today,jargon has the function of entertainment more than that of secrecy.In Georgia,jargon has always been considered a foul and vulgar language.Georgian jargon words are less common than Italian ones.Georgian jargon has become popular recently.The material reviewed in the paper includes 2,700 items taken from dictionaries and the Internet.We divided them into two thematic groups:(1)related to everyday life;and(2)related to vicious aspects of life.The first group includes topics,such as money,work,the police,and youth discourse.The second group includes theft,drugs,sex life,and alcohol.The aim of this paper is to conduct a comparative study of groups of jargon identified as a result of thematic classification,in terms of methods of word formation.The study will allow us to identify semantic and formal methods of jargon word formation applied in these two unrelated languages,as well as similarities and differences between Italian and Georgian jargon words and phraseological units.

关 键 词：youth language JARGON thematic classification semantic and formal methods word formation 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]