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CSLI Calendar, Wednesday, 13 August 2003, vol. 18:46
CSLI CALENDAR OF PUBLIC EVENTS
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13 August 2003 Stanford Vol. 18, No. 46
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A weekly publication of the
Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI)
Stanford University, Ventura Hall, Stanford, CA 94305-4115
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/
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ACTIVITIES FROM 13 AUGUST 2003 TO 22 AUGUST 2003
THURSDAY, 14 AUGUST 2003
4:00pm PARC Forum
George Pake Auditorium at PARC
"Language and Adolescence"
Penelope Eckert
Stanford University
http://www.parc.com/forum/
Abstract below
THURSDAY, 21 AUGUST 2003
4:00pm PARC Forum
George Pake Auditorium at PARC
"Making the World Wide Web Fit People"
Polle Zellweger
http://www.parc.com/forum/
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PARC FORUM
on Thursday, 14 August 2003, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
George Pake Auditorium, PARC
http://www.parc.com/forum/
"Language and Adolescence"
Penelope Eckert
Stanford University
We often hear the adult lament that adolescents are irresponsible,
sloppy, imprecise, faddish, profane and overly-flamboyant speakers of
English. Some worry that adolescents may even hurt the language, as
though they were tagging the lexicon with graffiti or kicking up the
grammar with their Doc Martens. Adolescents have a special place in
American ideology, and it stands to reason that their language would
be the object of ideological construction as well. In fact, adolescent
language is no less wonderful than adult language use - perhaps a bit
more wonderful - but understanding it requires a careful examination
of the nature of the adolescent life stage, and the nature of the
social life of language. This talk will present data from extensive
ethnographic and sociolinguistic work with adolescents in the Midwest
and in California, showing the role of language in the construction of
the adolescent peer-based social order, and the special role of
adolescents in linguistic change.
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