Teenspeak

Question 1

features of teenspeak Anna-Brita Stenstrom identified

Answer 1

• irregular turn-taking/more overlaps
• abbreviations & contractions e.g) LOL, OMG, WTF
• slang & taboo language e.g) calm, leng, salty, beef, peak, baddie
• multiple negation e.g) I never done nothing
• like as a filler e.g) like I almost died
• non-verbal fillers e.g) erm, umm

Question 2

features Martinez identified

Answer 2

-use more negatives e.g) nope, nah, dunno

Question 3

features Berland identified

Answer 3

use of tags e.g) innit, yeah, right

Question 4

what happens when teens are denied adult roles

Answer 4

they form seperate identities through clothing, music, language etc.

Question 5

why are language innovations by teens disrespected & dismissed

Answer 5

b/c they occupy a low status in society

Question 6

why do teen language innovations spread

Answer 6

although they lack overt status as a group their language has covert prestige

Question 7

what did the jocks & burn-outs study find

Answer 7

non-SE multiple negation % use

• jock girls=2%
• jock boys=19% see non-SE as having covert prestige & a marker of masculinity
• burn-out girls=40% identify more with sub-culture than gender
• burn-out boys=45% reject authority openly/signals rebellion

they know the standard form so using it is a choice

Question 8

what 3 types of age did Eckert suggest which can affect language

Answer 8

1) chronological- how old from birth
2) biological- physically mature
3) social- life events

Question 9

what are prescriptivists opinion on teenspeak

Answer 9

it’s restricted, lazy & uneducated

Question 10

what are descriptivists opinion on teenspeak

Answer 10

• teenspeak is innovative & creates own identity from adults

- multiple varieties are accepted as long as we can code-switch in different contexts