The Sociolinguistics of Urbanization: The Case of the Nordic Countries (Sociolinguistics and Language Contact/Soziolinguistik Und Sprachkontakt, Vol)

The contents of the book were outlined at a meeting in Kristiansand, Norway, in May 1986. During the following year draft versions of the chapters were circulated and discussed among the authors and due account was taken of the comments and criticisms received. Five of the contributions existed in virtually their final versions by the spring of 1988, but unfortunately, heavy workloads and other urgent claims on the time of the authors meant that the remaining chapters could not be completed until 1992 -93. All contributors were, however, given the opportunity to revise and update earlier versions during 1992. The final editing was then done in the spring and early summer of 1993. Preface Introduction Language Use in Rural and Urban Settings Internal Migration, Biography Formation and Linguistic Change Linguistic Variation and Composite Life Modes From the Valley to the City: Language Modification and Language Attitudes On the Interlinkage of Sociolinguistic Background Variables The Pronoun minä ‘I’ in Urban Sweden Finnish Bidialectalism and Identity The Finnish Language in Helsinki Urbanization and Language Shift Bibliography Contributors

The series is a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. General problems are studied from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Conclusions are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. Special emphasis is given to little-known languages, whose analysis may shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics.