Age

Question 1

Jenny Cheshire

Answer 1

Adult and child language develops in response to important life events that affect the social relations and attitudes

Question 2

Bigham

Answer 2

Important life events are more likely to occur post 18 at an age known as ‘emerging adult’

Question 3

Anna-Brita Strenstram

Answer 3

Discusses the features that she claims are common in teenspeak

• irregular turn taking
• slang
• word shortening

Question 4

Gary Ives

Answer 4

Asked a group of Yorkshire 17 year olds about how they speak

• common words had an informal register/ were taboo
• slang is part of teenspeak
• common themes and topics

Question 5

Christopher Odato

Answer 5

Concludes that younger children copy the language of those older than them by carrying out research on the use of ‘like’
- girls use them at age 5 and boys 7

Question 6

Peneolope Eckert

Answer 6

Concluded adolescents do not all talk alike, difference are far greater than in any other group

Question 7

Vivian de klerk

Think Vivian Westwood is edgy so de klerk thinks…..

Answer 7

Draws conclusions about youth language

• youth challenge linguistic norms
• diverge away from adults
• establish new identities

Question 8

David Crystal (age)

Answer 8

Believes texting is good for the english language

• 3 billion phones, 80% are adults
• only 10% of words are abbreviated
• have to know full word to abbreviate it
• the more you text, the higher your literacy score

Question 9

Zimmerman (age)

Answer 9

Argues that the following factors are influential

• the media
• music
• Street art and graffiti
• New technology

Question 10

Chronological age definition

Answer 10

Years since birth

Question 11

Social age defintion

Answer 11

Major life events ie marriage

Question 12

Biological age

Answer 12

Physical age