The adolescent register is one of the language tools that teens use to
A) better understand their homework assignments.
B) identify with a peer group, while excluding those outside their peer group.
C) promote situated cognition.
D) increase the validity of their interactions.
B) identify with a peer group, while excluding those outside their peer group. During adolescence children begin to use language as a tool for identifying peer groups and for excluding those outside their peer group. The adolescent register is a special form of speech that adolescents use to identify themselves as belonging to a particular social, cultural, or generational group.
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