Publication details
Quand un nouveau mot devient identitaire pour les jeunes: le cas de 'bolos'
| Title in English | When a new word becomes an identity marker for young people: a case study of 'bolos' |
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Adolescence |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | youth slang; identitary words; French; neology; diffusion of innovations |
| Description | Describing the usage, meaning, and users of the French neologism 'bolos',this study presents the results of a quantitative investigation carried out on a sample of more than 1200 francophone speakers within the age bracket of 10-30 years of age. The extension of usage of this insult from suburban slang into commonly used youth slang took place between 2006 and 2008; we can thus speak about a passage of an identity-marking neologism of a sociological type to a neologism which marks identity with respect to one's age. |
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