Diversity - Age Flashcards
What are 4 common features of ‘Teen speak’?
Frequenent use of intensifiers (e.g Adverbs that boost meaning of adjectives, ‘so’ ,
Fillers (e.g ‘like’ ‘okay’)
Rising intoanation (specifically in girls)
Double negatives ‘that aint no good’
Why did Eckert claim teenagers used slang? (‘Teenage talk’ 2003)
He claimed its used to distinguish themselves from the older generation
What did Kerswill claim was sociolinguistic maturation?
He claims that it was the age at which an individual becomes far less suspectable to the influence of different varities of language on their use
What did Kerswill claim about adults change of language?
He claimed they are less likely to significantly alter their accent and dialect patterns because of any strong sociolinguistic factor (e.g moving)
What did Kerswill claim about childrens and Teenagers likelyhood of language change?
He claimed that kids and teens are far more likely to vary their language usage, as they havent reached sociolinguistic maturation
What were the 3 areas of age Eckert (1997) highlighted?
Chronological age - years
Biological age - physical maturity
Social age - key life events (e.g marriage)
What percentage of School kids choose to speak non-standard English according to Hudson (1988)?
2/3’s
What did Labov’s 1970s study into accents on a vineyard find?
That workers were strengthing their accents to differentiate the themselves from the tourists
What did Berland (1997) claim about Age’s relation to tag questions?
He claimed that working-class teens were more likely to the tag ‘innit’ and middle class ‘yeah?’ Was more likely
What were the 4 factors Klerk claimed influenced teens speak?
Establish a group and personal identity
To look different and unique from others
To keep with the times
Freedom to challenge linguistic norms
What did Zimmerman (2009) argue teen speak is impacted by?
The media
New means of communication
Music
Street art
Urban influences (MLE)
What did Zimmerman (2009) argue teen speak is impacted by?
The media
New means of communication
Music
Street art
Urban influences (MLE)
Whats CMC?
Computer mediated communication
Whats CMC also know as?
‘Text speak’
What are two examples of text-speech?
Lower case ‘i’
Acronyms (e.g Wya, Ttyl)
