Adolesencent Language

Question 1

How does the form of language improve during adolescence?

Answer 1

Syntax becomes more complex
Written Syntax overtakes 
Spoke syntax by 12 
More varying word order between active and passive structures 
Intrasentecial growth
Intersentential growth 
Cohesion across sentences increase

Question 2

The language use in adolescence

Answer 2

Word finding improves
Questions increase
Vocalised pauses reduced
At 6-10 children understand intonation and stress patterns used in sarcasm and irony. By 11 years more subtle intonation patterns are understood
Language differs from context
Peers are most influential to language change at thai stage

Question 3

How does the content of language improve in adolescents?

Answer 3

More vocabulary
Awareness of multiple meanings increase
Polysemous word knowledge
Adverbs of likelihood (possibly) and magnitude (somewhat)
Intersentencial growth (using adverbs like consequently)
Written language superior
Meta linguistic and meta cognitive verbs such as infer, assert,concede
Difference between active and non active words