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Publication details [#62185]
Nortier, Jacomine M. 2016. Characterizing Urban Youth Speech Styles in Utrecht and on the Internet. Journal of language contact 9 (1) : 163–185.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Brill
Annotation
This paper focuses on Dutch Urban Youth Speech Styles (UYSS) in Utrecht. Identifying characteristics and functions of UYSS can be employed and recognized in written form on the Internet as well. Most of the analysis is based on a rap video by Relschoppers, a group of young Utrecht-based Moroccan- and Turkish-Dutch rappers, and the comments on their video. In a special section some attention is paid to Flemish participants in the Internet-discussions.