Teenage Talk [electronic resource] : From General Characteristics to the Use of Pragmatic Markers in a Contrastive Perspective /
Stenström, A.author.
This in-depth study of the use of pragmatic markers by Spanish and English teenagers offers insight into the currently under-investigated area of teenage talk through the analysis of the Corpus Oral de Lenguaje Adolescente de Madrid and The Bergen Corpus of London Teenage Talk.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Transcription Key; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The aim; 1.2 The corpora; 1.3 The speakers; 1.4 The pragmatic markers; 1.5 Outline; 2 Teenage Talk in General; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 General characteristics; 2.3 Conversational style and topics; 2.4 Age, gender, and social class; 2.5 Language contact; 2.6 Language and identity; 2.7 Typical language features; 2.8 Summary; 3 Teenage Language = Bad Language?; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 'Bad' words; 3.3 Phatic talk; 4 Pragmatic Markers in the Corpora; 4.1 Introduction
4.2 From grammar to pragmatics4.3 Distribution; 4.4 Position and function; 5 Background; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Previous descriptions; 5.3 Earlier contrastive studies; 6 How the Pragmatic Markers Are Used; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The interactional level; 6.3 The interpersonal level; 6.4 The textual level; 7 Summing Up the Three Levels; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Levels and functions; 7.3 Position and function; 7.4 Equivalent pairs; 8 The Sociolinguistic Aspect; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Madrid teenagers; 8.3 The London teenagers; 9 Recent Tendencies in London Teenage Talk; 9.1 Introduction
9.2 Updates10 Conclusion; 10.1 Some interesting findings; 10.2 Final note; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This in-depth study of the use of pragmatic markers by Spanish and English teenagers offers insight into the currently under-investigated area of teenage talk through the analysis of the Corpus Oral de Lenguaje Adolescente de Madrid and The Bergen Corpus of London Teenage Talk.
Sociolinguistics.
Discourse analysis.
Pragmatics.
Historical linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Discourse Analysis.
Pragmatics.
Historical Linguistics.