We would like to announce the publication of the book of abstracts of the Sociolinguistic Symposium 17 which took place in Amsterdam in April 2008. Once again, DYLAN members played prominent roles with University of Geneva and University of Lancaster professors François Grin and Ruth Wodak being members of the scientific committee and several Dylan researchers (Alexandre Duchêne, Matthias Hüning, Michal Krzyzanowski, Vicky Markaki, Sara Merlino, Lorenza Mondada, Florence Oloff, Véronique Traverso and Ulrike Vogl) presenting their work.