Linguistic variation and the construction of social identity in a German-Turkish setting. A case study of an immigrant youth group in Mannheim, Germany

Buchbeitrag

The analysis which we present in this paper is part of an ethnographically based sociolinguistic study of various immigrant youth groups and their social style of communication. The study describes the wide variety of migrant groups and their socio-cultural orientation in relation to different migrant worlds as well as to different social worlds of the dominant German society. The development of a social style of communication is grounded in the groups’ socio-cultural orientation as well as in the perception of themselves in relation to relevant others. The main purpose of our study is to analyse the construction of the groups’ social identity in terms of their social style of communication.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sprachwechsel ; Soziale Identität ; Jugendkultur ; Deutsch ; Türkisch ; Mannheim ; Sprache

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kallmeyer, Werner ; Keim, Inken
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Amsterdam [u.a.] : Benjamins
• (when): 2016-10-18

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-53327
• Last update: 06.03.2025, 9:00 AM CET