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What's happening to youth dialect ... and what do young people think aboout it?

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Apr2006 (Volume) 32
Medium (Periodical) E Magazine: the A-level English magazine.
Classif 820 EMA
Subject Language
Page 38-40
Authors Clayton, Dan
King, Charissa
Contents

Teacher Dan Clayton surveys the current scene and reports on the arrival of MEYD, a new kind of youth dialect, while Charissa King, his ex-student, reveals what she learned about young people's attitudes to dialect when she did a language investigation on the subject.

Keywords
Dialect     Language     Language change     MEYD     Multi-Ethnic Youth Dialect     Slang     Young people