Bilingualism and Social Relations : Turkish Speakers in North West Europe.

Intro -- Contents -- Linguistic Construction and Negotiation of Social Relations Among Bilingual Turkish-speaking Adolescents in North-western Europe -- Mixed Language Varieties of Migrant Adolescents and the Discourse of Hybridity -- Cultural Orientation and Language use among Multilingual Youth Groups: 'For me it is like we all speak one language' -- The Creation and Administration of Social Relations in Bilingual Group Work -- Language Choice as a Power Resource in Bilingual Adolescents' Conversations in the Danish Folkeskole -- Power Relationships, Interactional Dominance and Manipulation Strategies in Group Conversations of Turkish-Danish Children -- Adolescents Involved in the Construction of Equality in Urban Multicultural Settings -- Languaging Among Fifth Graders: Code-switching in Conversation 501 of the Køge Project.

This book examines the multilingual practices of Turkish-speaking adolescents in North Western Europe. It explores how the speakers use their different languages for a wide range of purposes such as saving face, showing respect or getting their way, but that these skills are almost never taken into account by the majority societies.

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