About the language of young people in the city of Bihać

Abstract

This paper describes the linguistic creativity of the youth in the city of Bihać, which is reflectedin the use of slang in everyday communication and depicts the attitudes and characteristicsof the mentioned group. This non-standard lexis of the Bosnian language was collected bya survey of the student population. It has been established that the youth use emotional–expressive lexis to express attitudes, share experiences, and that this lexis of limited use iscreated to oppose the standard.