Crossing: Language and Ethnicity Among Adolescents

by Ben Rampton

Crossing Language and Ethnicity Among Adolescents is a study of sociolinguistic processes in multiracial urban youth culture, and it focuses on language 'crossing': - the use of panjabi by adolescents of Afro-Caribbean and Anglo descent - the use of Creole by adolescents of Panjabi and Anglo descent - the use of stylised Indian English The book carefully distinguishes between crossing in different varieties, it explains the general characteristics of crossing and it addresses the central how far and in what ways do 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?

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995