1. The Valley Girl Phenomena Miriam D. Dufer Old Dominion University
Language and Culture
The Valley Girl Phenomena
Miriam D. Dufer
Old Dominion University

3. Japan

4. Music

5. Movies

6. Movies

7. Television

8. Who Do You Believe Influences Language? People
the people you surround yourself with
Peers, Family
Movie Stars/Actors
peers
peer groups
school peers, musicians/singers, movies, television, family-of-origin, regional community
up bringing and peers
everyone!

9. Who Do You Believe Influences Language? Environment
school and parents and TV
School
sociocultural influences, education
the region you live in, your age, your (pop) cultural surroundings
culture
everything
The Culture

10. Who Do You Believe Influences Language? Media
popular culture influences language
media, groups of people with similar interests who invent words or revise them to suit their purposes, individuals trying to express something in a new way
Media, Famous
music, TV, games, friends, etc
Television in general
media (TV, movies, magazines, talk shows, videos, cultural icons, celebrities, news media), peers, family, neighborhood, medical/scientific/technical fields (eg. googling, metastasize, global warming)