- —"Ya’ll soaked ain’t you” p.149
- —“Black e mo. Yadaddsleepsnekked” p.65
- —“I yam what I yam?” p.180
- —Gimme, shet up, git the wash, wid it, thas them, looka here, dyin’
- —“nookey” means sex for the black women who come from the South.
- —“Funk” is a descriptive word which is used to describe the black features of a human(dark skin, thickmouth..)
- —‘bout=about
- —‘llowed=
- —Scairt=scared
- —Dere go da heart=there goes the heart. p.135
- —‘head=ahead
- —‘long=along
- —Li’l=little
- —‘member=remember
- —‘spect=expect
- —Caint=cannot p.142
there is a hymn which i particularly give attention because it's about god and the song is sang in the novel at the very part where Frieda's dad hit Mr.Henry because he abused Frieda.While Mr.Henry was leaving the house he started to sing this hymn.
Firstly, please note that 'slang' is an uncountable noun, thus there is *a lot of slang* in the novel.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I can see, you've given only two examples of slang: nooky and funk. Slang refers to vocabulary that is used informally and often creatively by particular groups of people.
The other features of speech you've identified belong to the category of dialect. Morrison is trying to visually and auditorily represent black speech.