Abogeil! The Language of German Teens on YouTube

Explore the language of German teens on YouTube through the book Abogeil!, a study of linguistics, youth language, and digitally mediated communication.

Discover the vibrant linguistic world of young speakers through their YouTube comments in the book ‘Abogeil! The language of German teens on YouTube’ by Louis Cotgrove.

This study combines linguistics, youth language, and digitally mediated communication, anchored in the groundbreaking NottDeuYTSch corpus. The book examines lexical, morphological, syntactic, and orthographic phenomena through three detailed corpus linguistic case studies.

Learn how young people innovate and reshape language in digital spaces, from the development of iconic slang terms to non-standard syntax and the creative use of graphical characters.

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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