Cheshire said that language develops in response to important life events that affect the social relations and social attitudes of individuals, these life events can be things such as marriage or childbirth.
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Eckert's theory
Eckert said there are different ways to describe age, she categorised age into 3 groups; chronological (number of years since birth) biological age (physical maturity), social age (linked to life events such as marriage or having children)we can’t state t
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Eckert teen talk
Also carried out research on teenage talk, she made the comment that slang is used to ‘establish a connection to youth culture and to set themselves off from the older generation to signal coolness, toughness or attitude ’She suggests that typical feature
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Martinez
Teenagers use negatives more frequently than adults. Teenagers are more direct when they speak whereas adults are conscious of what they say.
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Odato
Non-standard syntactic use of 'Like' being seen in Children as young as Four. Girls seem to develop on to using 'Like' in more syntactic positions faster than boys. Claims there is an element of children copying adults.
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Strensom 'teenspeak'
Common features of teen speak: Slang; Irregular turn taking; Verbal duelling; overlaps; teasing and name calling; indistinct articulation; taboo and language mixing.
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Eckert said there are different ways to describe age, she categorised age into 3 groups; chronological (number of years since birth) biological age (physical maturity), social age (linked to life events such as marriage or having children)we can’t state t
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