UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ SLANG AND ITS USING CONTEXT IN TAIWAN: COMPLIMENTING AND REBUKING DICTIONS AS EXAMPLES

Abstract

This paper aims to scrutinize: a) two slang categories of both complimenting and slightly rebuking people over the intended listeners’ behavior, and the intended speakers’ attitudes; b) sociocultural implications in slang used by Taiwan university students; and c) slang culture and its using contexts of two slang categories.

Keywords

• slang culture and its using context
• sociocultural implications
• Taiwan's university students