A theoretical outline for comparative research on youth language: With an outline of diatopic-contrast research within the Hispanic world
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Klaus Zimmermann
Abstract
This paper will outline the theoretical and methodological aspects of comparative research on youth language (with a special focus on the pluricentric Spanish language) in order to arrive at a reliable description of the characteristics and the contextual conditions of the emergence of youth language in different socio-cultural situations as well as their underlying aims, conditions and possible parameters of investigation in accordance with the (pragmatic) identity functions of youth language. Three types of comparison will be established – reflecting the typological, the contrastive and the diatopic-contrastive approach. A particular focus is on diatopic-contrastive research, since comparison of regional varieties of youth language within one language has not played a major role in the debate about youth language so far.
Abstract
This paper will outline the theoretical and methodological aspects of comparative research on youth language (with a special focus on the pluricentric Spanish language) in order to arrive at a reliable description of the characteristics and the contextual conditions of the emergence of youth language in different socio-cultural situations as well as their underlying aims, conditions and possible parameters of investigation in accordance with the (pragmatic) identity functions of youth language. Three types of comparison will be established – reflecting the typological, the contrastive and the diatopic-contrastive approach. A particular focus is on diatopic-contrastive research, since comparison of regional varieties of youth language within one language has not played a major role in the debate about youth language so far.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Youngspeak in a multilingual perspective: Introduction 1
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Part 1. Identity construction
- On young women's prosodic construction of identity: Evidence from Greek conversational narratives 13
- Now he thinks he's listening to rock music: Identity construction among German teenage girls 31
- Multilingual practices and identity negotiations among Turkish-speaking young people in a diasporic context 55
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Part 2. Particular expressions
- Lexical innovations in Madrid's teenage talk: Some intensifiers 81
- En plan used as a hedge in Spanish teenage language 95
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Part 3. Languages in contrast
- A theoretical outline for comparative research on youth language: With an outline of diatopic-contrast research within the Hispanic world 119
- Pragmatic markers in contrast: Spanish pues nada and English anyway 137
- Anglicisms in the informal speech of Norwegian and Chilean adolescents 161
- Similarities and differences between slang in Kaunas and London Teenagers' speech 177
- Author index 203
- Subject index 205
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Youngspeak in a multilingual perspective: Introduction 1
-
Part 1. Identity construction
- On young women's prosodic construction of identity: Evidence from Greek conversational narratives 13
- Now he thinks he's listening to rock music: Identity construction among German teenage girls 31
- Multilingual practices and identity negotiations among Turkish-speaking young people in a diasporic context 55
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Part 2. Particular expressions
- Lexical innovations in Madrid's teenage talk: Some intensifiers 81
- En plan used as a hedge in Spanish teenage language 95
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Part 3. Languages in contrast
- A theoretical outline for comparative research on youth language: With an outline of diatopic-contrast research within the Hispanic world 119
- Pragmatic markers in contrast: Spanish pues nada and English anyway 137
- Anglicisms in the informal speech of Norwegian and Chilean adolescents 161
- Similarities and differences between slang in Kaunas and London Teenagers' speech 177
- Author index 203
- Subject index 205
