Language And Age Flashcards

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Jenny Cheshire: reading study

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More non standard uses for those teens who preferred crime, violence and swearing

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Stenstroms features of teenage talk

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Irregular turn-taking
Overlaps
Word shortening (uni)
Teasing and name calling
Slang
Taboo
Language mixing

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Eckerts features of teenage talk

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Slang is used to establish a connection to youth culture and distance from older generations
Use of ‘like’ and ‘okay’
Risingintonation
Multiple negation

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Eckerts study

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1.Argues that there are different ways of defining the concept of language
Chronological (years since birth)
Biological (physical maturity)
Social (life events such as marriage)

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Influences of technology

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Trends are influenced by social media
Boundaries between speech and writing have been blurred
Teenagers use spoken language features when writing autocorrect has led to a more formal register
As technology has developed teen speak has decreased in text language

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Where did slang originate

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Used by British criminals as their own special language

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Positives of slang

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Quick
Accessible to anybody with technology
Popular
Convenient
Fun
Creates role models

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Negatives of slang

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Cyber bullying
Allows for fake identities
Inhibits children
Becoming too reliant on it
Limited lexicon
Creates role models
Easy to get stuck into negative behaviour patterns

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Why people use slang- Klerk

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To establish new identities
Seen as modern, cool and fashionable
Establish themselves as different
Belong to a group

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Eckerts second 2003 study

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Slang used by teens to establish youth culture and identity. Not all teenagers speak alike
Rising intonation
Multiple negation

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Theorists on context

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Jenny Cheshire- language developed due to impart ant life events
Bigham- important life events more likely to occur after 18

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Gary Ives West Yorkshire study

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100% of teenagers thought they speak differently depending on their age and that language become more standard with age

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Unni Berland

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Class is a factor for language variation within an age group
Working class use ‘innit’ more
Middle class used ‘yeah’ more

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Ignacio Martinez

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Teenagers use negative and multiple negations more
Teenagers more direct when speaking

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Christopher Odato

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Found children as young as 4 use ‘like’
Younger children copy the language of those older than them

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Vivian De Clerk

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Young people create identities and freedom to challenge linguistic norms
Want to look modern and cool
Not all teenagers are alike