Don't mess with chicks in Burberry paddings : Semantic change in hip-hop lyrics and its impact on mainstream American English

Some people might regard the language of hip-hop as being crude, sexist and inappropriate. Nevertheless, hip-hop culture can also be considered as one of the underground sources of word-formation and language change in mainstream English. Young people have always been a source of language variation...

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Main Author: Exenberger, Margareta
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Växjö universitet, Institutionen för humaniora 2008
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-2358