Analysis of a Sound Group: SL and TL in Norwegian
It has long been known that the distinction between sl and tl , which existed in Old Norse, has been lost in the modern dialects of Norway. In his Norsk Grammatik of 1864 Ivar Aasen wrote: these sounds generally become one, and are rarely distinguished with any precision. In southeastern Norway [søn...
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crmla:10.2307/458776 2024-06-09T07:48:34+00:00 Analysis of a Sound Group: SL and TL in Norwegian Haugen, Einar 1942 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/458776 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0030812900200308 en eng Modern Language Association (MLA) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America volume 57, issue 3, page 879-907 ISSN 0030-8129 1938-1530 journal-article 1942 crmla https://doi.org/10.2307/458776 2024-05-16T14:04:39Z It has long been known that the distinction between sl and tl , which existed in Old Norse, has been lost in the modern dialects of Norway. In his Norsk Grammatik of 1864 Ivar Aasen wrote: these sounds generally become one, and are rarely distinguished with any precision. In southeastern Norway [søndenfjelds] sl only is heard, thus esle instead of etla, lisle for litle, Fesling for Fetling. In western Norway [vestenfjelds] tl only is usually heard, thus hatl for hasl, kvitl for kvisl, reitla for reidsla. In northern Norway [nordenfjelds] they coalesce into a special sound, which resembles ltl, ltj, or lsch, but which cannot be otherwise designated with the usual letters. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway PMLA - Modern Language Association Publications Aasen ENVELOPE(12.742,12.742,66.052,66.052) Norway PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 57 3 879 907 |
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It has long been known that the distinction between sl and tl , which existed in Old Norse, has been lost in the modern dialects of Norway. In his Norsk Grammatik of 1864 Ivar Aasen wrote: these sounds generally become one, and are rarely distinguished with any precision. In southeastern Norway [søndenfjelds] sl only is heard, thus esle instead of etla, lisle for litle, Fesling for Fetling. In western Norway [vestenfjelds] tl only is usually heard, thus hatl for hasl, kvitl for kvisl, reitla for reidsla. In northern Norway [nordenfjelds] they coalesce into a special sound, which resembles ltl, ltj, or lsch, but which cannot be otherwise designated with the usual letters. |
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Analysis of a Sound Group: SL and TL in Norwegian |
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