30 Examples of Chronolect
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A chronolect It is a linguistic variety that is used by people of the same age. For example: A young person can say “it's great” and an adult can say “it's very good” to refer to something they like or find interesting.
The words "great" and "very good" belong to two different linguistic varieties (juvenile chronolect and adult chronolect) of the same concept.
Linguistic varieties are different forms of vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation and syntax that exist within the same language and that are used by a certain community of speakers.
Linguistic varieties are classified according to age (chronolect), the place (dialect) and social class (sociolect) of people.
Different chronolects coexist at the same time and in the same place, since they are classified according to the age range of the speakers.
Chronolects can be:
- children. They are the linguistic varieties that children use. In many cases, children often use onomatopoeia to refer to people, animals, objects, etc. For example: "babau" is used to refer to a dog.
- youth. They are the linguistic varieties used by young people. They tend to be more informal and related to the media and technology. In addition, since the advent of the Internet and social networks, young people from many different countries use the same variants to refer to the same concept. For example: The word “spoiler” is used by young people in many parts of the world to designate the action of ruining and anticipating the end of a movie for those who haven't seen it.
- Adults. They are the linguistic varieties used by adults and older people. The vocabulary and sentence structures are more formal than in the other chronolects. For example: The word "sir" is used to refer to a man.
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Chronolect Examples
- Wow. Children's chronolect used to refer to a dog.
- meow. Children's chronolect used to refer to a cat.
- peep-peep. Children's chronolect used to refer to a bird.
- gamer. Juvenile chronolect used to refer to a person who plays video games.
- selfie. Juvenile Chronolect used to refer to a photo that is taken by the same person who appears in the image.
- Uncle. Juvenile chronolect used to refer to a man.
- Guy. Juvenile Chronolect used to refer to a friend.
- Boss. Juvenile chronolect used as a synonym for mother.
- school. Juvenile chronolect used as a synonym for exact.
- stream. Juvenile chronolect that is used to refer to the action of broadcasting a video live on a video platform.
- tweet. Juvenile chronolect that designates the action of posting a message on the social network Twitter.
- Chamuyar. Juvenile chronolect that designates the action of lying or deceiving.
- Hater. Juvenile chronolect that refers to a person who bothers or criticizes a lot.
- flat. Juvenile chronolect that refers to something ugly or of poor quality.
- nel. Juvenile Chronolect which is synonymous with no.
- put him down. Juvenile Chronolect that is synonymous with the expression “calm down”.
- bicycle. Juvenile chronolect that is used as a synonym for bicycle.
- Cinnamon. Juvenile Chronolect that is used as a synonym for talent.
- Quiobo. Juvenile chronolect used with the same meaning as "what happened?" or "how's everything?"
- Check. Juvenile Chronolect used with the same meaning as "check."
- The truth. Juvenile chronolect that is used with the same meaning as "the truth is that...".
- role. Juvenile chronolect used as a synonym for song.
- Really. Juvenile chronolect used with the same meaning as "do not disturb".
- varos. Juvenile chronolect that refers to Mexican pesos.
- Talk. Juvenile chronolect used as a synonym for conversation.
- Slaughter. Juvenile chronolect used as a synonym for criticizing.
- Money. Adult chronolect which is a formal language word.
- Leave. Adult chronolect which is a formal language word.
- To work. Adult chronolect which is a formal language word.
- To buy. Adult chronolect which is a formal language word.
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