Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Final paper - Question
I'm a Dutch student. For my final paper, I am translating an English juvenile book into Dutch. Next to this, I am writing a theoretical part on the language youngsters use.
In Dutch, there is one term which reflects the whole concept of "the language youngsters use". I was wondering if there is a collective term for "the language youngsters use" in English. Now, when I Google for "the language used by youngsters", not much information is shown. I will be so grateful if you could help me. Thank you.
In Dutch, there is one term which reflects the whole concept of "the language youngsters use". I was wondering if there is a collective term for "the language youngsters use" in English. Now, when I Google for "the language used by youngsters", not much information is shown. I will be so grateful if you could help me. Thank you.
Top answer
Not to my knowledge. Baby talk is for very small children. Youth slang , perhaps, or youth argot -- these are not idiomatic of course, just my own suggestions.
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Not to my knowledge. Baby talk is for very small children. Youth slang, perhaps, or youth argot-- these are not idiomatic of course, just my own suggestions.
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