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A Winning Dialect: Reinventing Linguistic Tradition in Rural Norway

A Winning Dialect: Reinventing Linguistic Tradition in Rural Norway

Strand, Thea R.

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Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom

LinguisticsAnthropology

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ISBN10: 1487545967
ISBN13: 9781487545963
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: May 2 2024
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.39 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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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