Table of contents
Discourse constructions of youth identities: Introduction
I. Peer group identities
Linguistic variation and the construction of social identity in a German-Turkish setting: A case study of an immigrant youth group in Mannheim, Germany
Nicknames and teasing: A case study of a linguistically and culturally mixed peer-group
Looking back when looking ahead: On adolescents’ identity management in narrative practices
It’s not that I really care about him personally you know: The construction of gender identity in London teenage talk
II. Recasting literacy practices
Emotion and youth identities in personal letter writing: An analysis of pictorial signs and unconventional punctuation
‘Nike Trainers, My One True Love — Without You I am Nothing’: Youth, identity and the language of trainers for young men in prison
Constructions of identity in German hip-hop culture
III. Representations and positionings
Socio-cultural orientation, urban youth styles and the spontaneous acquisition of Turkish by non-Turkish adolescents in Germany
Swedish youth discourse: On performing relevant selves in interaction
The youth and the gatekeepers: Reproduction and change in language norm and variation
Mediated experience and youth identities in a post-traditional order
Index
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