Teenspeak

Question 1

Who conducted a study into ages of swearing ?

Answer 1

Dr Robbie Love.

Question 2

What did Dr Robbie Love find out about swearing?

Answer 2

It is most common in 20’s and then declines with age. + people continue swearing in life more than they did in 1990’s.

Question 3

Who and when was it suggested there are three way of defining age?

Answer 3

Penelope Eckert (1998)

Question 4

What were the 3 ways of defining age Eckert suggested?

Answer 4

• chronological age
• biological age
• social age

Question 5

When was Eckert teenage talk study?

Answer 5

2003

Question 6

What 4 features of teenage talk did Eckerts study identify?

Answer 6

Slang, fillers, rising notation and double negation

Question 7

What did Martinez suggest about teenage language and when was it suggested?

Answer 7

That teenagers use more negatives (refusing, conflicting, standoffish) 2011

Question 8

What did Berland suggest and in what year?

Answer 8

Teens use more tags and also boys use okay more than girls (‘innit’- lower class, ‘yeah’- middle class, 1997

Question 9

What did Stenstrom eat al suggest and when?

Answer 9

Teens use more non-standard grammar, 2002