Gangster talk on the phone – analyses of a mass media parody of a contemporary urban vernacular in Copenhagen and its reception

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction. Everyday Languaging: Collaborative research on the language use of children and youth 1
4. Arabs, Arabic and urban languaging: Polycentricity and incipient enregisterment among primary school children in Copenhagen 19
5. Gangster talk on the phone – analyses of a mass media parody of a contemporary urban vernacular in Copenhagen and its reception 49
6. Normativity as a social resource in social media practices 71
7. Rights and wrongs – authority in family interactions 95
8. Becoming a “smart student”: The emergence and unexpected implications of one child’s social identification 121
9. “Well, because we are the One Direction girls” – Popular culture, friendship, and social status in a peer group 145
10. ‘The Diva in the room’ – Rap music, education and discourses on integration 167
11. Ethnic identifications in late modern Copenhagen 199
12. Discursive reactions to nationalism among adolescents in Copenhagen 219
13. Growing up bilingual in Copenhagen 243
14. Transcription Conventions 255
15. References 257
16. Index 275