Slang młodzieżowy jako element budowania wspólnoty w komunikacji szkolnej
Youth slang as a community-building element in school communication

Summary/Abstract: Youth slang as a sociolect serves to integrate and distinguish a particular group and to identifyits members. As a rule, it is used as a community-building tool by those who aspire or actuallybelong to a group. In the article, the author attempts to answer the following questions: Whouses youth slang and in what communicative situations it is used at school? What is the contextfor using slang expressions? In what functions are they used? How are they received? Answersto these detailed questions will provide the basis for answering the main one: What is thesignificance of youth slang used in school communication for building a community? Onthe basis of studies carried out among school students, it may be concluded that the correctuse of youth slang is closely related to the communicative situation. Deliberate and relevant useof the sociolect may become one of the elements of building a social community at school.

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