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He's like, she's like: The quotative system in Canadian youth

Journal of sociolinguistics, 2004-11, Vol.8 (4), p.493-514

2005 INIST-CNRS ;ISSN: 1360-6441 ;ISSN: 1467-9841 ;EISSN: 1467-9841 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2004.00271.x

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Title:
He's like, she's like: The quotative system in Canadian youth
Author: Tagliamonte, Sali ; D'Arcy, Alex
Subjects: Adolescents ; age ; Age Differences ; be like ; Canada ; Canadian English dialect ; English Language ; English language (Modern) ; grammaticalization ; Language Usage ; lexicology ; Linguistics ; phraseology ; quotative ; quotatives ; Sex Differences ; Sociolinguistic variations ; Sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics ; Speech ; youth
Is Part Of: Journal of sociolinguistics, 2004-11, Vol.8 (4), p.493-514
Description: Due to the recent and rapid newcomer, be like, the English quotative system is a good place to catch language change in action. However, since most previous analyses target people in their early twenties, little is known about how be like is diffusing. In this paper we conduct an analysis of Canadian youth between ten and nineteen years old and compare the results with an earlier study. There is a dramatic increase in be like in real time. In apparent time, the content of the quote and grammatical person are significant and the constraints are parallel for all ages except one. The effect of content of the quote has reversed among the oldest speakers, aged between 17 and 19. Moreover, there is a clear shift in the social evaluation of be like: sex is significant and strong for 15–16 year olds onwards, revealing that age and sex interact in sociolinguistic change. Furthermore, we establish ongoing grammaticalization of be like.
Publisher: Oxford, UK; Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd/Inc
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1360-6441
ISSN: 1467-9841
EISSN: 1467-9841
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2004.00271.x
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He's like, she's like: The quotative system in Canadian youth

2005 INIST-CNRS ;ISSN: 1360-6441 ;ISSN: 1467-9841 ;EISSN: 1467-9841 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2004.00271.x

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