Discourse Constructions of Youth Identities

Abstract

1. Discourse constructions of youth identities: Introduction (by Androutsopoulos, Jannis K.) 2. I. Peer group identities 3. Linguistic variation and the construction of social identity in a German-Turkish setting: A case study of an immigrant youth group in Mannheim, Germany (by Kallmeyer, Werner) 4. Nicknames and teasing: A case study of a linguistically and culturally mixed peer-group (by Lytra, Vally) 5. Looking back when looking ahead: On adolescents' identity management in narrative practices (by Georgakopoulou, Alexandra) 6. It's not that I really care about him personally you know: The construction of gender identity in London teenage talk (by Stenstrom, Anna-Brita) 7. II. Recasting literacy practices 8. Emotion and youth identities in personal letter writing: An analysis of pictorial signs and unconventional punctuation (by Kataoka, Kuniyoshi) 9. Spelling rebellion (by Sebba, Mark) 10. 'Nike Trainers, My One True Love - Without You I am Nothing': Youth, identity and the language of trainers for young men in prison (by Wilson, Anita) 11. Constructions of identity in German hip-hop culture (by Berns, Jan) 12. III. Representations and positionings 13. Socio-cultural orientation, urban youth styles and the spontaneous acquisition of Turkish by non-Turkish adolescents in Germany (by Auer, Peter) 14. Swedish youth discourse: On performing relevant selves in interaction (by Norrby, Catrin Elisabeth) 15. The youth and the gatekeepers: Reproduction and change in language norm and variation (by Kristiansen, Tore) 16. Mediated experience and youth identities in a post-traditional order (by Chouliaraki, Lilie) 17. Index