Slang
investigation in Norway
The pilot study
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The pilot study is part of a larger investigation
of teenage slang, which will be carried out in the Nordic countries.
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The pilot study in Norway was carried out in February 1997 by Anna-Brita
Stenström and Kristine
Hasund. The questionnaires were handed out in
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Bergen: one class in their 11th school year (20 pupils aged 17-19)
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Kristiansand: one class in their 11th school year (26 pupils aged 17-19)
and one class in their 9th school year (22 pupils aged 14-16)
The main slang study
The main slang study in Norway was carried out in Oslo, Bergen and Tromsø
during 1997 and spring 1998. In each town, 4 schools were invited to participate.
The following schools have participated in the project:
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Oslo:
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Grefsen ungdomsskole: one 9th year class, 23 questionnaires
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Oslo Katedralskole: one 11th year class, 12 questionnaires + two 10th year
classes, 45 questionnaires
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Foss vg. skole: four 11th year classes, 83 questionnaires (entered in a
database)
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Tromsø:
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Tromstuen ungdomsskole: two 9th year classes, 51 questionnaires
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Kongsbakken vg. skole: one 11th year class, 21 questionnaires (entered
in a database)
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Tromsdalen vg skole: three 10th year classes, 78 questionnaires
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Bergen:
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Marikollen skole: two 10th year classes, 55 questionnaires
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Gimle skole: two10th year classes, 50 questionnaires
All the above given answers have been entered into a database.
Slang investigations in the other Nordic countries:
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Last modified: 25 June 1999 by Britt Høyland