[Ads-l] Journalist query about children's lingo / teenage slang

[Laurence Horn]

To get him started, here's a brief discussion of four GenZ slang
constructions put together by Sarah Sparling, an undergraduate member of
the Yale Grammatical Diversity Project:

https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/gen-z-constructions

(Not entirely coincidentally, I'm co-advising Sarah's senior essay on
another such construction, the multifarious "low(-)key".)

LH

On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM Cohen, Gerald L. <gcohen at mst.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A freelance journalist, Matthew Swenson, has contacted me through the
> ads-l list of resources, asking for articles about kids lingo / teenage
> slang.
> I see a few relevant newspaper items listed on Google, but they
> do not seem accessible online.  Would anyone be able to help
> with any suggestions?
>
> I know he would be very grateful for any guidance.
>
> Gerald Cohen
> cc. Matthew Swenson
>
>
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