Language and Age mindmap
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- Language and Age
- Ignacio Martinez
- Researched differences in adult and teenage language
- Teens use more negative language and tend to be more direct. This is used for self reinforcement
- Penelope Eckert
- 3 types of ages: Biological, Chronological and Social
- Slang is predominantly used by teens in order to diverge from elders and form an identity
- Jenny Chesire
- Life events that affect language: Marriage, divorce, political events (wars), and family life (kids, deaths etc.
- Why is affects: increase in social networks, opened up to new regional dialects, cultural differences and varying intelligence levels
- Klerk
- Young people: have freedom to challenge linguistic norms, seek to establish new identities and patterns learned from adults are slowly eroded by their peer groups
- Teens need to be seen as cool and modern, and to establish themselves as different. They need to belong to a group who's habits are different to their parents
- Anna Brita Senstrom
- Features of teen speak: irregular turn taking, overlaps, indistinct articulation, word shortenings, teasing, name calling, language mixing, verbal duelling, slang and taboo language
- Gary Ives
- 100% of Yorkshire teens believe age is most important factor in language
- Older teenagers refuse to use informal variants of language on social media as it is seen as uncool. Their specific dialect helps teenagers to create a separate youth culture
- Ignacio Martinez
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