A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS ON SLANGS USED BY NIGERIAN YOUTHS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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ABSTRACT

Based on the analysis, the types of slang words can be divided into primary slang and secondary slang. Characteristics of the primary slang is that primary slang words has the same meaning from the dictionaries and do not have many figurative meanings. It is usually used in daily communication or usually use in conversations and people have commonly understood the slang word that the speaker produces. Secondary slangs expresses attitudes, contempt, superiority and cleverness by borrowing someone elses' verbal dress and secondary slang to express something secretly.

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