We are grateful to the following people for reading and commenting on parts of the book at various stages: Erzsébet Barát, Basil Bernstein, Staf Callewaert, Bessie Dendrinos, Frans Gregersen, Ruqaiya Hasan, John Haywood, Marianne Winther Jorgensen, Louise Phillips, Joan Pujolar, Andrew Sayer and Ruth Wodak. Lilie acknowledges the financial support of the Danish Research Agency for the Humanities, and thanks the Institute for Dialectology, Copenhagen University, for hosting her research. She would like to thank Jon for his invaluable support throughout the writing of this book, and Daphne and Amanda for always reminding her of the wonderful continuities between theory and practical life.