Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: The results of the research done on Spanish teenage language with the COLAm corpus 1 of Bergen University is presented in this paper.The teenagers are trying to find their their independence, separating themselves from the adults as well as the child generation a situation they share with their peers.The interaction with them is crucial and affects their language.The special characteristics of teenage talk like frequent discourse markers, anglicisms, intensifications and taboo words, not only create bonds within their members but work as identity markers.
Author: Annette Myre Jørgensen
Institution: University of Bergen
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2010509236