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Is ‘teenspeak’ leading changes in language?

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13.24 11 Dec 2024


Is ‘teenspeak’ leading changes in language?


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13.24 11 Dec 2024


As both Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries announce their Words of the Year, from ‘brat’ to ‘brainrot’, are these phrases simply a product of teenspeak and are young people therefore pushing the future of our language?

Joining Seán to discuss is Gail Flanagan, Linguistics Researcher at the University of Limerick...


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