Gen Generational and Age Flashcards
Who defined age in 3 different ways?
Penelope Eckert
What are the three ways Penelope Eckert defined age?
Chronological, Biological, Social
Penelope Eckert Chronological age definition:
How much time since birth?
Penelope Eckert biological age definition:
how old dost ya body be?
Penelope Eckert Social age definition:
How socially mature are you? Linked to events, eg. long time relationships, buying a house, employment.
Who defined the 2 diff approaches to how you look at age and language?
Jenny Cheshire
What does Jenny Cheshire say are the 2 diff approaches to how you look at language and age?
- age specific
a. looking at how someone’s language changes over their lifespan. - generation specific
a. looking at how different generations use language.
The Recency Illusion
the idea that if something is new to me then it must be new
What the name for this: this is new to me and therefore must be new
the recency illusion
