A Winning Dialect : Reinventing Linguistic Tradition in Rural Norway Hardback
by Thea R. Strand
Part of the Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom series
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Why did a rural dialect from the heart of Norwegian farm country win a national dialect popularity contest?
What were the effects of this win, and what has happened to the winning dialect since?
A Winning Dialect tells a story of linguistic and cultural transformation in the rural district of Valdres, Norway.
It shows how lifelong residents have adapted to changing social, economic, and political circumstances – particularly the shift from family farming to tourism development – and how they have used local linguistic and cultural resources to craft a viable future for themselves and the places their ancestors have called home for centuries.
Once stigmatized as poor and uneducated, the distinctive dialect of Valdres now holds a special place as a valuable part of Norwegian national heritage, as well as a marker of local belonging.
Based on two decades of research and fieldwork, A Winning Dialect considers how a traditional dialect is transformed – linguistically and culturally – as it is put to new uses in the contemporary world.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:164 pages, 7 b&w illustrations, 1 b&w map, 5 b&w figures, 5 b&w tables
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:02/05/2024
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- ISBN:9781487545956
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Pre-Order
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:164 pages, 7 b&w illustrations, 1 b&w map, 5 b&w figures, 5 b&w tables
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:02/05/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781487545956
