1.07 English: Language and Age

Question 1

Features of young peoples language include:
• Irregular turn-taking
• Overlaps
• Indistinct articulation
• Word shortenings
• Slang
• Taboo

Answer 1

Anna-Brita Stenström: Teenage talk (2014)

Question 2

Proposed that teenagers use more negatives

EG: No way, nope, nah

Evaluation:
• Overgeneralises
• Feeding into stereotypes

Answer 2

Martinez

Question 3

Proposed teenagers used tags

EG: innit, yeah, right

Evaluation:
• Overgeneralises
• Feeding into stereotypes

Answer 3

Berland

Question 4

Young people challenge ‘linguistic norms’

They seek to establish ‘new identities’

The patterns of speech from adults is eroded by the language of their peer group

They wish to be seen as up-to-date

They wish to be different

They want to belong to a group whose ‘habits are different from their parents, other adults and other young people’
• They wish to be a social group of their own

Answer 4

Vivian De Klerk (2005)