Overlaps, indistinct articulation, word shortenings, name calling, verbal duelling, slang, taboo language, language mixing
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Penelope Eckert (2003)
Use of like and okay, rising intonation, multiple negation, states that the differences among teenagers are greater than among any other age group
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Martinez (2011)
Teenagers use negatives more, more face threatening acts e.g. 'no way', 'dunno'
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Berland (1997)
Use of tags e.g. innit, yeah, right, social class plays a role as innot more common among working class and yeah among middle class
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Zimmerman (2009) Influences on teen language
The media and press, new means of communication, music, street art and grafitti
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Vivian de Klerk (2005)
Speech modelled by adults is eroded by the speech from peer group, need to be seen as cool and fashionable, distinguish themselves as a social group different from adults and other young people
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Gary Ives
Out of 63 teens , 100% said that people speak differently because of their age
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Eckert (1998) ways of defining age
Biological (physical maturity), chronological (years since birth), social (life events)
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Bigham (2012)
Change mostly happens post 18 so chronoligcal age and social age are important as most important life events happen in adulthood
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Penelope Eckert (2003)
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Use of like and okay, rising intonation, multiple negation, states that the differences among teenagers are greater than among any other age group
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