[etni] Fwd: Speech Mannerisms and Teachinsee last three lines of article
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Subject: Speech Mannerisms and Teachinsee last three lines of article
They’re, Like, Way Ahead of the Linguistic Currrrve
The New York Times - Feb. 27, 2012
From Valley Girls to the Kardashians, young women have long been
mocked for the way they talk.
Whether it be uptalk (pronouncing statements as if they were
questions? Like this?), creating slang words like “bitchin’ ” and
“ridic,” or the incessant use of “like” as a conversation filler,
vocal trends associated with young women are often seen as markers of
immaturity or even stupidity.
Right?
But linguists — many of whom once promoted theories consistent with
that attitude — now say such thinking is outmoded. Girls and women in
their teens and 20s deserve credit for pioneering vocal trends and
popular slang, they say, adding that young women use these
embellishments in much more sophisticated ways than people tend to
realize.
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