Language and Age

Question 1

What year was Eckerts study

Answer 1

1998

Question 2

How did eckert begin to categorise age in a new way

Answer 2

she did it through three categories
1. chronological (years since birth)
2. biological (physical maturity)
3.social (life events-marriage/children)

Question 3

what did Cheshire say in 1987

Answer 3

said that adults develop their language in response to life events that affect social relations and attitudes of people

Question 4

what was gary ives study

Answer 4

He asked 63, 17 year olds if they thought age affected language and all said yes

Question 5

some limitations of the gary ives study

Answer 5

all participants are
-from the same area
-same age
-same education
-limited number/variation

Question 6

what do most theorists say that study language and age

Answer 6

most say that teens use slang and taboo lexis as if no other group uses this as well, but in reality these are just features of language for everyone

Question 7

what does zimmerman say about language and age

Answer 7

argues the following factors are influential
-media and press
-new means of communication
-music
-street art and graffiti

Question 8

what is eckerts response to ‘are teens all the same’

Answer 8

she says not quite, that adolescents do not all talk the same but there are many differences more than any other age group

Question 9

what does strenstrum say

Answer 9

she says that teens have features such as overlaps, slang, taboo lexis and mumbling
-are these not just spontaneous speech habits for everyone
-code switching is a skill

Question 10

what are some influential factors that affect the way we speak due to age

Answer 10

-peer pressure
-wanting to fit in
-technology gives ability to communicate further
-youth culture
-set apart from other generations

Question 11

De Klerk (2005)

Answer 11

seek to establish new identities
want to be seen as cool
freedom to challenge language