Ethnic Styles of Speaking in European Metropolitan Areas -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. From learner varieties to ethnic styles: Research on linguistic variation in a changing Europe -- 2. Ethnic ways of speaking: Different terminology, different conceptualizations -- 3. Outlook on the following chapters -- References -- The emergence and diffusion of Multicultural English -- 1. The emergence and diffusion of Multicultural English in London and Birmingham -- References -- Kiezdeutsch as a multiethnolect -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What does it mean to be a multiethnolect? -- 3. The perception of Kiezdeutsch: Recognition, distinction, evaluation -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendix: Stimuli used in the perception study -- Prosodic style-shifting in preadolescent peer-group interactions in a working-class suburb of Paris -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Method -- 3. Quantitative analyses -- 4. Listing contours in context -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Emerging Moroccan and Turkish varieties of Dutch: Ethnolects or ethnic styles? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The crossroads between language contact and quantitative variation -- 3. The Roots of ethnolects project -- 4. A feature of Moroccan ethnolectal Dutch -- 5. Ethnolect or ethnic style? -- 6. Language dynamics and speaker identity -- 7. Outlook -- References -- Prosody and unit-construction in an ethnic style: The case of Turkish German and its use and function in conversation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data base -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Structural analysis -- 5. Functional analysis -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Appendix -- Rhythm in Turkish German talk-in-interaction -- 1. Introduction: Theories and methods -- 2. Research on German 'ethnolects' -- 3. Data -- 4. Rhythm in language.

5. Rhythm in Turkish German talk-in-interaction -- 6. Concluding remarks -- References -- Constructions with Turkish şey and its German equivalent dings in Turkish-German conversations: şey -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Database -- 4. Turkish-German as a specific speech style in talk-in-interaction -- 5. German dings and Turkish şey in conversation -- 6. Summary and conclusions -- References -- Joint attention and cooperation in the Swedish of adolescents in multilingual settings: The use of s -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The use of sån 'such' among adolescents in Malmö -- 3. The use of såhär 'like' among adolescents in Stockholm -- 4. Summary and concluding discussion -- References -- Appendix -- Linguistic variation and linguistic virtuosity of young "Ghetto"-migrants in Mannheim, Germany -- 1. Aim of the study -- 2. Ethnolectal varieties of German -- 3. Life world and linguistic development of the "Ghetto" adolescents - as exemplified by Murat -- 4. Linguistic variation and communicative practices of the seventeen-year-old Murat -- 5. Murat at nineteen: New linguistic and communicative forms -- 6. Summary -- References -- Appendix -- Late modern urban youth style in interaction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data -- 3. Approach -- 4. Initial terminological discussion: Notions of (multi)-ethnolects -- 5. Linguistic characteristics -- 6. Features and varieties -- 7. Features and social meaning -- 8. A different term -- 9. The situated use of features of late modern youth style -- 10. Concluding discussion -- References -- Appendix -- Developing multiethnic youth language in Helsinki -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Resources in interaction -- 3. Discussion: Developing varieties, forming styles? -- References -- Appendix -- Index.