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Hip Hop Nation Language The Language of Hip Hop Term paper for the PS "The English Language in America" SS 2006 handed in by Sebastian Ludyga Magdeburg, 25.09.2006
(eds.). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2004. _. "Hip Hop Nation Language." In Language in the USA, Edward Finegan and John Rickford (eds.) . New York: Cambridge
ask questions of what this headquarters was about and what sort of relations it had with hip-hop artists of today. I had a fragment of information on the 5 Percenters
music has become the element of the hip hop culture. The overall hip-hop culture has been established by this musical art form. The language (street slang), dress
Though it is music, many people do not realize that it is much more than that. Hip hop is a form of art and culture, style, and language, and extension of commerce,
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The Language of Hip Hop
Term paper for the PS
"The English Language in America"
SS 2006
handed in by
Sebastian Ludyga
Magdeburg, 25.09.2006
Table of contents
1. Introduction to hip hop 1
2. Hip Hop Nation Language 2
2.1 Features of the HHNL 3
2.2 The relationship of HHNL and AAL 5
3. Practical application 6
4. Conclusion 9
5. Attachment 11
5.1 Gin And Juice 11
5.2 Drop It Like It's hot 12
6. Bibliography 15
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1. Introduction to hip hop
To explain the language of hip hop it's necessary
to know about its history. The author of XXX. Drei Jahrzehnte Hip- Hop (George 5) assumes that hip hop was really recognized for the first time during the 1970s. Its centre were block parties in New York City where DJs isolated drums and percussions to form a new kind of music named breakbeat. While breakdancers danced to this music some performers started speaking over it. They were called MCs and had the task to entertain the crowd as kind of a moderator. Later these performers started to rap. Alim describes it as "aesthetic placement of verbal rhymes over musical beats" (Rickford and Finegan 388). In 1979 the first hip hop songs were released by The Sugarhillgang and King Tim III. The beginning of the development of hip hop from 1970 to 1985 is known as the old school hip hop era. Hip hop was spread...
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