Rural Voices

Edited by Elizabeth Seale and Christine Mallinson - Contributions by Becky Childs; Elizabeth Falconi; Gregory Fulkerson; Rania Habib; Kirk Hazen; Sarah Kristian; Lu Li; Christine Mallinson; Nico Nassenstein; Elizabeth Seale; James N. Stanford; Thea Strand

In this interdisciplinary volume, sociolinguists and sociologists explore the intersections of language, culture, and identity for rural populations around the world.

ForewordGregory Fulkerson and Alexander ThomasAcknowledgmentsIntroductionElizabeth Seale and Christine MallinsonPart I: Revalorizing the Rural: Negotiating Tradition, Resistance, and Change1. Multivocal and Critical Performance of Urban Language in Rural NorwayThea Strand2. "Losing Our Inuttitut": The Intersection of Language Shift and Language Attitudes in Nain, NunatsiavutJennifer Thorburn3. Townie, Bayman, or Newfoundlander? Linguistic Constructions of Urban and Rural in NewfoundlandBecky Childs and Gerard Van Herk4. The Social Mediatization of a Zapotec Transborder CommunityElizabeth FalconiPart II: The Realities of Rural Diversity and Identity Construction5. Rural Voices in Appalachia: The Shifting Sociolinguistic Reality of Rural LifeKirk Hazen6. Ecologies of Sui Sociolinguistics: A Language Permeated with Rural Social StructureJames N. Stanford, Wei Shuqi, and Lu Li7. Rural Youth Language Practices: Linguistic Creativity and the Globalized African VillageNico NassensteinPart III: Social Hierarchy: Aspirations and Differentiation8. Use of Standard Arabic [q] Lexical Borrowings in Syrian Rural Migrant SpeechRania Habib9. Social Aspiration and Traditional Speech Features among Rural Newfoundland YouthSarah Kristian10. "It's Complicated" for Quebec's Anglophones: Language and Stratification in Changing Rural PlacesAimee VieiraConclusionElizabeth Seale and Christine Mallinson