Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
5. CHAPTER ONE Winning the Dialect Popularity Contest 1
6. CHAPTER TWO A Tradition of Language Politics 31
7. CHAPTER THREE Dialect as Style, Stereotype, and Resistance 53
8. CHAPTER FOUR Pro-dialect Ideology and the Dynamics of Language Change 73
9. CHAPTER FIVE A Must-Hear Attraction in the Nature and Culture Par 107
10. CHAPTER SIX Finding the Local Past in a Global Future 127
11. Appendix A: Transcription Conventions 133
12. Appendix B: Glossary of Linguistic Terms 135
13. References 137
14. Index 145