Paper Title
A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF SLANGY EXPRESSIONS OF EGYPTIAN AND GREEK YOUNG SPEAKERS IN ATHENIAN URBAN CENTER – SOCIAL PARAMETERS AND EMOTIONAL REASONS LEADING TO THE CHOICE OF SLANG AND POSSIBLE CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE BETWEEN THE TWO TARGET GROUPS

Abstract
Abstract - The following paper involves sociolinguistic ethnographic qualitative research on slang forms used by Greek and Egyptian young speakers, located in the center of Athens, through a sociolinguistic and cross-cultural prism. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups have been used as methods. The research is theoretically guided by the ideas of Third Sociolinguistic Wave and Post-Colonial and Subaltern studies, recognizing the Egyptian migrant community within the hegemony-minority cultural dichotomy. Main results demonstrate numerous similarities between Greek and Egyptian slangs' form and content. Findings confirm respective literature on the ideologically and symbolically charged use of slang, as well as the speakers' absolute ability to manipulate it as an emotional and declarative tool. The importance of domestic social contestations and cultural production in the formation and use of slang was a key awareness regarding the different symbolic intensity of migratory slang, given its being employed outside the field of confrontation with its corresponding standardized variety. Keywords - Slang, Sociolinguistics, Greek, Egyptian