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.