%0 Journal Article %T Introducci¨®: Llengua i joves als Pa sos Catalans [Language and young people in the Catalan-speaking regions] %A Wieland %A Katharina %J Zeitschrift f¨¹r Katalanistik %D 2009 %I Alber-Ludwigs-Universit?t %X This introductory article gives an overview of the subject of young people's speech in the Catalan-speaking areas, of previous research on this subject and of the main issues addressed in this monographic section of the volume. %K Catalan %K diastratic variation %K youth speech %K language contact %U http://www.romanistik.uni-freiburg.de/pusch/zfk/22/04_Wieland.pdf