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This new publication might be of interest to list members, particularly those with an interest in language and/or who work with young people and staff in Pupil Referral Units. Review copies are available online. Researching Urban Youth Language and Identity Rob Drummond https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319734613 This book examines how urban adolescents attending a non-mainstream learning centre in the UK use language and other semiotic practices to enact identities in their day-to-day lives. Combining variationist sociolinguistics and ethnographically-informed interactional sociolinguistics, this detailed and highly reflexive account provides rich descriptions and discussions of the linguistic processes at work in a previously underexplored research environment. In doing so, it reveals fresh insights into the changes taking place in urban British English, and into the difficulties of undertaking ethnographic, sociolinguistic research in a challenging context using a combination of methods and approaches. This interdisciplinary work will appeal to students and scholars from across the fields of sociolinguistics, ethnography, and education; as well as providing a valuable resource for teachers and trainees. “This book is a gem. It gives rare insights into the lives and language of young people in non-mainstream learning centres, treated with the respect and admiration that Drummond shows us they clearly deserve. But it does far more than this. It portrays the roller coaster ride of a successful interdisciplinary research project, from start to finish, with all the trials and excitement encountered along the way. This engagingly written personal account will be hugely important for linguists, teachers, policy makers and anyone interested in urban youth language, and inspirational and essential reading for both new and experienced researchers.” (Jenny Cheshire FBA, Professor of Linguistics, Queen Mary, University of London, UK) [cid:image001.png@01D3E764.60399A50]<https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319734613> ------------------------------------------- Dr Rob Drummond | Senior Lecturer in Linguistics Head of Youth Language: Manchester Centre for Youth Studies<http://www.hssr.mmu.ac.uk/mcys/> UrBEn-ID Project www.urben-id.org<http://www.urben-id.org/>; Manchester Voices Project www.manchestervoices.org<http://www.manchestervoices.org/> Department of Languages, Information and Communications, Manchester Metropolitan University Office: 210, Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester, M15 6LL. T: 0161 2476192 | E: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>| "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer "