La dynamique du français des jeunes : sept ans de mouvement à travers deux enquêtes (1987-1994)

Marc Sourdot: Dynamics of French spoken by the young : a seven-year development as seen through two surveys (1987-1994) This article compares two surveys, the second carried out seven years after the first, among third-year linguistics students in Paris. The first survey, of 1987, collected about 1 ,300 words and revealed 73 neologisms. The second survey, of 1994, revealed 83 neologisms out of 1 ,600 items collected. The comparison of these two sets highlights the key changes that can be seen in student parlances during a seven-year period : student neologisms in 1987 tend to reflect what has been called « le français branché » (trendy French) whereas those of 1 994 seem more to be part of slang devices typical of the language used in the city outskirsts.Sourdot Marc. La dynamique du français des jeunes : sept ans de mouvement à travers deux enquêtes (1987-1994). In: Langue française, n°114, 1997. Les mots des jeunes. Observations et hypothèses, sous la direction de Henri Boyer. pp. 56-81