About the project
The primary objective of this project is to investigate the contemporary use of, discourses about, and attitudes towards the contact-based speech style known as “kebabnorsk” (Kebab Norwegian), associated with youth in multicultural urban neighbourhoods.
By engaging young people in doing research, in doing citizen sociolinguistic science (cf. Svendsen 2018), the project investigates the recontextualisation of this speech style, i.e. how it is employed today, by whom, in which contexts, and with what social and affective impact.
Further, it explores the lived experiences of minoritised citizens, particularly self-proclaimed speakers of “kebabnorsk”, how they potentially deal with ‘ethnic Othering’ in (social) media discourse as well as in mundane (digital) interactions where language is used as a subtle mechanism for social differentiation.
Finally, the project investigates the individual and scientific impacts of citizen engagement in research
Outcomes
Young researchers in a public debate during the Faculty's Democracy Days. See a recording of the event on YouTube.
Sub-projects
Speech styles of young adults in urban spaces in Norway: Continuities and disruptions
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Financing
Urban Speech is partly funded by the Research Council of Norway through its Centers of Excellence funding scheme, project number 223265.