are speaking and the reason for our speech. If we are giving orders to subordinates, we use a more formal style that asserts our position as superior and that is forceful enough to gain compliance. We would speak respectfully to our superiors and probably take greater care with grammar and syntax than if speaking in casual circumstances. We use different language according to what we want, whether we are asking for something or giving orders to someone else.
3. Slang is not something newly invented in this century, and black slang developed as the slaves sought ways of expressing themselves to one another in a language all their own. Slang develops out of conflicts in values, which may be either superficial or fundamental in nature. The individual may apply language in a new way to express hostility, ridicule, or contempt and so create slang. For a new expression to survive, though, it must be picked up and perpetuated by others. If the person who creates a term is a member of a group which sees in his creation something that projects an emotio
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