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This book is a substantial addition to sociolinguistics. The analysis itself is highly detailed yet easily understood due to a to-the-point writing style and use of charts and graphs as appropriate. (Christie DeBlasio, The Linguist List) This book is unique in its treatment of U.S. Americans in Germany, and provides a culturally situated analysis of identity formation for these long-term immigrants. A strength of the volume is the focus on identities as shifting, both over the lifespan and within a speaker's narrative, and the analysis of these shifts in terms of positioning both with relation to other interlocutors and also with regard to macro-level categories and ideologies. It is my hope that we will continue to see work by Du Bois which develop these themes. (Janet M. Fuller, Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2012)

This book is a substantial addition to sociolinguistics. The analysis itself is highly detailed yet easily understood due to a to-the-point writing style and use of charts and graphs as appropriate. (Christie DeBlasio, The Linguist List)

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Inke Du Bois studied English and Spanish linguistics at the Universities of Kiel (Germany), Barcelona (Spain) and San Francisco (USA). She received her Master’s degree in English Linguistics from San Francisco State University and her Doctorate degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Hamburg. She has taught a wide range of classes related to English linguistics and intercultural communication in California and in Germany. She worked as a visiting professor for English linguistics at the University of Vechta and currently holds a position as visiting professor for English linguistics at Bremen University.

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