[Linganth] virtual reading group tomorrow

[Ilana Gershon]

Dear Colleagues,
Thea Strand will be talking about her new book, *A Winning Dialect,*
tomorrow -- September 27th.

She has asked us to read chapter 3.   Please read as much as you can, but
do feel free to join us even if you haven't managed to read everything.

The reading can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R3ChvakIsL8VFDvIZkjYjDIqXfzK6KnE/view?usp=sharing


The meeting will be 12-1 pm  east coast time and can be
reached by clicking on this Zoom link:

  https://iu.zoom.us/j/949202698 <https://iu.zoom.us/j/949202698>

Looking forward to seeing you all virtually,

Ilana

Press blurb: 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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