Jenny Cheshire
Adult and child language develops in response to important life events that affect the social relations and attitudes
Bigham
Important life events are more likely to occur post 18 at an age known as ‘emerging adult’
Anna-Brita Strenstram
Discusses the features that she claims are common in teenspeak
- irregular turn taking
- slang
- word shortening
Gary Ives
Asked a group of Yorkshire 17 year olds about how they speak
- common words had an informal register/ were taboo
- slang is part of teenspeak
- common themes and topics
Christopher Odato
Concludes that younger children copy the language of those older than them by carrying out research on the use of ‘like’
- girls use them at age 5 and boys 7
Peneolope Eckert
Concluded adolescents do not all talk alike, difference are far greater than in any other group
Vivian de klerk
Think Vivian Westwood is edgy so de klerk thinks…..
Draws conclusions about youth language
- youth challenge linguistic norms
- diverge away from adults
- establish new identities
David Crystal (age)
Believes texting is good for the english language
- 3 billion phones, 80% are adults
- only 10% of words are abbreviated
- have to know full word to abbreviate it
- the more you text, the higher your literacy score
Zimmerman (age)
Argues that the following factors are influential
- the media
- music
- Street art and graffiti
- New technology
Chronological age definition
Years since birth
Social age defintion
Major life events ie marriage
Biological age
Physical age
