age

Question 1

jenny cheshire

Answer 1

looked at 11 non standard forms used by children against their adherence to the law on the playground at a school in Reading and found use of
- multiple negation
- non standard use of ‘what’ and ‘aint’

Question 2

eckert - detroit vowels

Answer 2

researched vowel sounds in Detroit and negative concord - found two groups (jocks and burnouts) - jocks used more standard form and burnouts focused on local surroundings

Question 3

eckert - 3 types of age

Answer 3

chronological
biological
social

Question 4

de klerk

Answer 4

states teenagers have a freedom which allows them to rebel against the linguistic norms to mark themselves as different to others

Question 5

stenstrom - features of teen speak

Answer 5

• slang
• conversational overlapping
• shortening of words
• taboo ad expletives