{"product_id":"crossing-10","title":"Crossing","description":"\u003cp\u003eFocusing on urban youth culture and language crossing, this foundational volume by Ben Rampton has played a pivotal role in the shaping of language and ethnic identity as a domain of study. It focuses on language crossing - the use of Panjabi by adolescents of African-Caribbean and Anglo descent, the use of Creole by adolescents with Panjabi and Anglo backgrounds, and the use of stylized Indian English. \u003ci\u003eCrossing\u003c\/i\u003e’s central question is: how far and in what ways do these intricate processes of language sharing and exchange help to overcome race stratification and contribute to a new sense of mixed youth, class and neighbourhood community?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Rampton produces detailed ethnographic and interactional analyses of spontaneous speech data, and integrates the discussion of particular incidents with theories of discourse, code-switching, social movements, resistance and ritual drawn from sociolinguistics, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a \u003ci\u003eRoutledge Linguistics Classic\u003c\/i\u003e with a new preface which sets the work in its current context, this book remains key reading for all those working in the areas of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54235401093464,"sku":"9781138636583","price":62.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138636583.jpg?v=1768553146","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/crossing-10","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}