As we have studied this semester, culture and media production by girls is largely overlooked and undervalued. This article from the “The New York Times” by Douglas Quenqua explores the idea of language development by girls. Girls and young women are acknowledged to be creators of trends in linguists that will become adopted by the population at large. Often dismissed as “immature or even stupid” and “cute”, vocal trends such as peppering sentences with “like”, are more “sophisticated” mechanisms that add nuance to communication. The ubiquity of the trends has been studied and interestingly, among older participants, men used them the most.
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