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Publication details [#13156]

Danesi, Marcel. 1994. Adolescent discourse as 'signifying osmosis'. In Mininni, Giuseppe and Stefania Stame, eds. Dynamic Contexts of Language Use. Papers in honor of Tatiana Slama-Cazacu. Cooperativa Libraria Universitaria Editrice Bologna. pp. 51–59.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

adolescent | speech

Language as a subject

English, Canadian | Italian

Annotation

This article deals with adolescent discourse a a 'signifying osmosis' process, a socially-coded behavior, both significant and signifying to the peer group. Data are drawn from research on English adolescent speech in Toronto and Italian adolescent discourse in Naples.