| This study discusses the banlieue language in an innovative and multi-fronted manner. It seeks to challenge many theories in research on banlieue language, especially stereotypes regarding its speaker base. By expanding current research may be expanded to include more sociolinguistic factors than ever before, we can begin to see that banlieue language is changing not just in form but also in number of speakers.;More specifically, this study examines current stereotypes of gender, age, education level, and ethnicity of speakers of the variety as well and also proposes new categories of sociolinguistic factors that may affect use of banlieue language. The main ideas include these hypotheses: (1) Banlieue language is spoken by people older than any other previous research has indicated. (2) Gender is not as male-oriented as previous studies may have suggested. (3) Regardless of stereotypes and research that relegate the deepest vernaculars to those speakers of the lowest levels of education, that banlieue language, because of the function of identity, may also be spoken by those with much higher levels of education than previously expected.;This study also addresses two never-before-investigated areas: the speakers' own views on who uses banlieue language and the effect of religion on speaking banlieue... |
