Abogeil! The language of German teens on YouTube
- This book explores the vibrant linguistic world of young speakers through their YouTube comments. Combining linguistics, youth language and digitally mediated communication, this study is anchored in the groundbreaking NottDeuYTSch corpus, a collection of over 33 million words taken from YouTube comments spanning a decade (2008-2018). The book examines lexical, morphological, syntactic, and orthographic phenomena through three detailed corpus linguistic case studies. From the development of iconic slang terms to non-standard syntax and the creative use of graphical characters, Abogeil! reveals how young people innovate and reshape language in digital spaces. Essential for linguists, educators and anyone interested in digital youth culture, this work highlights the intersection of language, technology and identity in the 21st century.
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| Author: | Louis CotgroveORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-130566 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.14618/amades-63 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-948831-70-7 |
| ISSN: | 2196-4157 |
| Series (Serial Number): | amades - Arbeiten und Materialien zur deutschen Sprache (63) |
| Publisher: | IDS-Verlag |
| Place of publication: | Mannheim |
| Document Type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2025 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2025/03/13 |
| Publicationstate: | Veröffentlichungsversion |
| Reviewstate: | (Verlags)-Lektorat |
| Tag: | NottDeuYTSch corpus; YouTube comments; corpus linguistic case study; digital youth culture; digitally mediated communication |
| GND Keyword: | Deutsch; Jugendsprache; Korpus <Linguistik>; YouTube |
| Page Number: | 220 |
| Note: | Diese Veröffentlichung basiert teilweise auf der Dissertation „#GlockeAktiv: A corpus linguistic investigation of German online youth language“ von Louis Alexander Cotgrove (2022), eingereicht an der University of Nottingham. Online unter: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/69043. |
| DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 430 Deutsch |
| Open Access?: | ja |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Korpuslinguistik |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Soziolinguistik |
| Program areas: | Lexik |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 3.0 Deutschland |