Bilingualism and Social RelationsBilingualism and Social Relations
Turkish Speakers in North Western Europe
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eBook, 2003
Current format, eBook, 2003, , All copies in use.
eBook, 2003
Current format, eBook, 2003, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formats
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.
Studies of the multilingual practices of Turkish speaking adolescents in North Western Europe. The speakers use their different languages for a wide range of purposes: getting their way, creating a comfortable atmosphere, saving face, being polite, showing respect, showing disrespect, scolding, and in many other ways to administer their social relations. The skills demonstrated by the young speakers are almost never taken into account by the majority societies.
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