Bilingualism and Youth Languages

Abstract

In this contribution we will give an introduction to the linguistic behavior of young people in ethnically mixed groups, often referred to as youth language or multiethnolects.

Keywords

bilingualism, ethnicity and culture, language and social interaction, sociolinguistics, identity, multilingualism

Citation

Dorleijn, M & Nortier, J M 2012, Bilingualism and Youth Languages. in C A Chapelle (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0103