Teen Talk Tagliamonte Sali A.
Teen Talk Tagliamonte Sali A. How do today's teenagers talk? Drawing on a huge corpus of examples collected over a fifteen-year period, Sali A. What are the distinguishing features of their style of…
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Teen Talk Tagliamonte Sali A.
How do today's teenagers talk? Drawing on a huge corpus of examples collected over a fifteen-year period, Sali A. What are the distinguishing features of their style of language, and what do they tell us about the English language more generally?
Teenagers are often accused of 'lowering the standards' of the English language by the way they talk and text. Tagliamonte undertakes a detailed study of adolescents' language and argues that it acts as a 'bellwether' for the future of the English language. From spoken words - 'like', 'so', 'just', and 'stuff' - to abbreviated expressions used online, this fascinating book puts young people's language under the microscope, examining and demystifying the origins of new words, and tracking how they vary according to gender, geographical location, and social circumstances.
Highly topical and full of new insights, the book is essential reading for