By Sali A. Tagliamonte
How do modern-day youngsters speak? What are the distinguishing beneficial properties in their type of language, and what do they let us know in regards to the English language extra normally? Drawing on an enormous corpus of examples accumulated over a fifteen-year interval, Sali A. Tagliamonte undertakes a close examine of young people' language and argues that it acts as a 'bellwether' for the way forward for the English language. kids are usually accused of 'lowering the criteria' of the English language incidentally they speak and textual content. From spoken phrases - 'like', 'so', 'just', and 'stuff' - to abbreviated expressions used on-line, this interesting e-book places younger people's language below the microscope, interpreting and demystifying the origins of recent phrases, and monitoring how they range in keeping with gender, geographical position, and social conditions. hugely topical and entire of recent insights, the e-book is key interpreting for someone drawn to how children speak.
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People typically think that teens use the word like whenever they don’t know what to say next. They worry that this habit is leading to a decrease in vocabulary. And they’re sure this trend is new and bad. Interestingly, even 60 years ago grammarians were complaining that people were using like too much, therefore it is not a new trend. e. ” These uses follow a definite pattern and suggest that like is beginning to take on new roles in the grammar. Which roles will stay and which will disappear?
You can’t get too far in a discussion with a teenager these days without hearing the word whatever. What does whatever mean? Are these phenomena the product of adolescent slang and the bemoaned lack of vocabulary among teenagers? You know what? I don’t know, whatever! Just kidding. We will find out more about these expressions in Chapter 11. In Chapter 12, I’ll take a completely different approach and bring you on a journey into the world of Internet language among teenagers online using the TIC.
We had two camps during the year. We had a fall camp, you know, where we went on the trip to Algonquin, which was a lot of fun, and then we had a winter trip as well. But like we were staying in cabins and stuff. And yeah we did a lot of activities. Snowshoeing, and like orienteering, and cross-country skiing, all that kind of stuff, which I really like. Cross-country skiing was a lot of fun. And um, the snowshoeing is pretty cool too. That year there was an awful lot of snow up there and stuff.