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The language of young people is central in sociolinguistic research, as it is seen to be innovative and a primary source of knowledge about linguistic change and the role of language. This volume brings together a team of leading scholars to explore and compare linguistic practices of young people in multilingual urban spaces, with analyses ranging from grammar to ideology. It includes fascinating examples from cities in Europe, Africa, Canada and the US to demonstrate how young people express their identities through language, for example in hip-hop lyrics and new social media. This is the first book to cover the topic from a globally diverse perspective, and it investigates how linguistic practices across different communities intersect with age, ethnicity, gender and class. In doing so it shows commonalities and differences in how young people experience, act and relate to the contemporary social, cultural and linguistic complexity of the twenty-first century.

Identity (Psychology). --- Second language acquisition. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Youth --- Language. --- Language and languages --- Second language acquisition --- Public spaces --- Identity (Psychology) --- Multicultural education --- Study and teaching (Higher) --- Social aspects. --- History --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Intercultural education --- Education --- Culturally relevant pedagogy --- Culturally sustaining pedagogy --- Personal identity --- Personality --- Self --- Ego (Psychology) --- Individuality --- Public places --- Social areas --- Urban public spaces --- Urban spaces --- Cities and towns --- Young people --- Young persons --- Youngsters --- Youths --- Age groups --- Life cycle, Human --- Second language learning --- Language acquisition --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Language and languages - Study and teaching (Higher) - Social aspects --- Second language acquisition - History - 21st century --- Youth - History - 21st century --- Public spaces - History - 21st century --- Identity (Psychology) - History - 21st century --- Multicultural education - History - 21st century