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. Keywords : corpus , teenage language, discourse markers, intensifiers, hedges, vocatives, loanwords, taboo words. [1] The Corpus Oral de Lenguaje Adolescente would not exist without Knut Hofland at UniDigital’s expertise and his collaboration with the transcribers of the COLA-corpus.
Highlights
The results of the research done on Spanish teenage language with the COLAm corpus1 of Bergen University is presented in this paper
The different features of teenage language can be considered as group identity markers, since the peer-‐group is important for this age
In this chapter we will go through some of the main feature of Madrid teenage language, based on works written based on the COLA-‐corpus
Summary
In this paper the main research issues on Madrid teenage talk, made possible thanks to the existence of the COLAm corpus of the University of Bergen, will be presented (Hofland, Jørgensen et al 2005; Jørgensen 2008). The different features of teenage language can be considered as group identity markers, since the peer-‐group is important for this age. “The fact that teenage language in certain modalities of their communication differs strongly from standard language can not be denied.” (Lázaro Carreter [1980] 2000: 233). This language has some interesting features when used by young people aged 13 to 19 years in an informal situation. (Author’s translation).”4 Briz (2003) maintains that the impact of teenagers in the history of language could be more noticeable in the future, thanks to their presence in means of communications/media and certain literary products.
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