Sali A. Tagliamonte

Teen Talk

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How do today's teenagers talk? What are the distinguishing features of their style of language, and what do they tell us about the English language more generally? Drawing on a huge corpus of examples collected over a fifteen-year period, Sali A. Tagliamonte undertakes a detailed study of adolescents' language and argues that it acts as a 'bellwether' for the future of the English language. Teenagers are often accused of 'lowering the standards' of the English language by the way they talk and text. From spoken words - 'like', 'so', 'just', and 'stuff' - to abbreviated expressions used online, this fascinating book puts young people's languag… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-107-03716-8
EAN: 9781107037168
Produktnummer: 19238374
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 314 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.1 cm 610 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 610

Über den Autor

Sali A. Tagliamonte is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto and a member of the Royal Society of Canada. She has published five books on varieties of English, dialects, variation, and how to observe, analyse and understand language.